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  1. RE: sciences.social/@NODE801/11720

    Frances Julia "Snow" Wedgewood's article "The Natural and the Supernatural" (1871) for the Spectator comparing Lucretius and Darwin's theory using portions of this translation can be found here: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id

    #HistSTM #HistSci #CharlesDarwin

  2. Happy birthday to #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! She made important research contributions to our understanding of the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & the chemistry of histones & protein synthesis. She established that "no bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine were present in appreciable amounts" in DNA - #womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histstm #printmaking #linocut #histmed #HeartDisease

  3. This #BlackHistoryMonth let’s celebrate trailblazing American #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & our knowledge of the chemistry of histones & protein synthesis. 🧵1/

    #womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histstm #printmaking #linocut #histmed #HeartDisease #sciArt #MastoArt

  4. For #SciArtSeptember day 9: heart, it’s trailblazing American #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & our knowledge of the chemistry of histones & protein synthesis. She published original research establishing that….

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    #MastoArt #womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histstm #printmaking #linocut #histmed #HeartDisease #sciArt

  5. An extraordinary Black woman in science & math to celebrate this #BlackHistoryMonth: my #linocut portrait of mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020). One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (and its predecessor NACA), …

    #mathematics 🚀
    #linocut #printmaking #sciart #womenInStEM #BlackInSTEM #histstm #NASA #KatherineJohnson #mathematician #aeronauticalEngineer #physics #space