<![CDATA[Been looking after my sick kiddo this week, but when I can, I am making some progress on the 12th &amp; final #PrinterSolstice2526 prompt: multiplication.]]>Been looking after my sick kiddo this week, but when I can, I am making some progress on the 12th & final prompt: multiplication.

I’m making a 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, 🧵

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/116211412517260209https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/116211412517260209Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:10:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Been looking after my sick kiddo this week, but when I can, I am making some progress on the 12th &amp; final #PrinterSolstice2526 prompt: multiplication. on Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:14:30 GMT]]>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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