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  1. For Day 16 #sciArtSeptember prompt rift: my portrait of #geologist & oceanographic #cartographer Marie Tharp (1920-2006), whose pioneering, thorough & complete ocean floor maps with Bruce Heezen, made using realms of echo sounder data, revealed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.⁠

    After studying #geology & math, Maurice ‘Doc’ Ewing at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia hired her to draft 1000s of echo sounder profiles.
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    #sciart #printmaking #womenInSTEM #histstem #linocut #mastoArt

  2. Call for Proposals: Elkana Forum Workshops: Rethinking Scientific Problems Through Dialogue with Historical & Philosophical Perspectives #hps #philsci #histSTEM (@odedrechavi.bsky.social @eranto.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social maybe of interest to you)