Varieties: The Life And Mathematics Of Hanna Neumann
Of all the realms of mathematics, there are few where more people feel more at home than in the safe harbors of algebra. Since the age of eight, we have ...
History
Death And Time: The Pioneering Biostratigraphy Of Julia Anna Gardner
On a lonely stretch of Florida swamp road, in the year 1920, a model T Ford with no headlights and two hastily replaced tires is trying to make its way through...
Master Of Matrices: Olga Taussky-Todd And How One Of Math’s Coolest Objects Refound Its Groove
In high school, matrices don’t get anything near a fair shake. In case it’s been a while, matrices were those rectangular grids of numbers that look some...
Women In Science New Book Release Roundup 2021
There was a time when those of us in the Women In Science (WIS) book-verse considered it a banner year when TWO new major releases featuring a prominent woman ...
Lady Of Iron: The Life Of Victorian Industrialist Lady Charlotte Guest
There was a time, during the Golden Age of Railroads, when the name of the small Welsh town of Dowlais was stamped on iron rails that ran the length of the dev...
Women Making Bold Moves: Take Your Seat At Our Table For A Night Of Learning, Empowerment, And Fun
In an empowering close to Women’s History Month 2021, Women You Should Know and Poker Divas are inviting women everywhere to take their seats at our table for ...
Ivory And Bone: Agatha Christie And Her Three Decades Of Archaeology
In a tent in Iraq, an Englishwoman attempts to sleep as mice crawl over her body and cockroaches look on from the walls. She is exhausted, having divided...
Artist Cynthia Young Paints Courageous “Women Who Have Guided Us On Our Path” In New Series
Cynthia Young is a New Mexico based oil painter. In her latest, oh-so-WYSKy series - "Women Who Have Guided Us On Our Path" - she honors inspiring women who ha...
From The Plumage Of Birds To The Classification Of The Natural Kingdom: The Life Of Ornithologist Graceanna Lewis
In the mid 19th century, American biological science was tentatively feeling its way forward along a half dozen different and contradictory directions as it ga...