Been looking after my sick kiddo this week, but when I can, I am making some progress on the 12th & final #PrinterSolstice2526 prompt: multiplication.
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Been looking after my sick kiddo this week, but when I can, I am making some progress on the 12th & final #PrinterSolstice2526 prompt: multiplication.
I’m making a #linocut portrait Qing Dynasty polymath Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797) known for her books on astronomy, her poetry, meteorology & mathematics. She helped dispel some misconceptions about eclipses, the shape of the Earth & gravity, living at a time when China was isolated from scholarship in the West, 🧵
#printmaking #histsci #womenInSTEM
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Been looking after my sick kiddo this week, but when I can, I am making some progress on the 12th & final #PrinterSolstice2526 prompt: multiplication.
I’m making a #linocut portrait Qing Dynasty polymath Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797) known for her books on astronomy, her poetry, meteorology & mathematics. She helped dispel some misconceptions about eclipses, the shape of the Earth & gravity, living at a time when China was isolated from scholarship in the West, 🧵
#printmaking #histsci #womenInSTEM
and she did not have access to Newton’s works. She also explained procession of the equinoxes. Always sensitive to self-taught learners she published more accessible versions of math texts and developed simpler methods for multiplication and division.
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Been looking after my sick kiddo this week, but when I can, I am making some progress on the 12th & final #PrinterSolstice2526 prompt: multiplication.
I’m making a #linocut portrait Qing Dynasty polymath Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797) known for her books on astronomy, her poetry, meteorology & mathematics. She helped dispel some misconceptions about eclipses, the shape of the Earth & gravity, living at a time when China was isolated from scholarship in the West, 🧵
#printmaking #histsci #womenInSTEM
@minouette Do you start out with a reference drawing?
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