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Niels Abel was born 224 years ago, on August 5, 1802. At just 21, he proved that no general algebraic formula can solve equations of degree 5, a problem that had challenged mathematicians for roughly 250 years.
Short on money, Abel paid the printer himself and condensed his proof into just six pages to keep costs down. He sent a copy to Gauss, but never received a response.
Abel died of tuberculosis at just 26. Two days later, a letter arrived announcing that he had been appointed professor in Berlin.
A breakthrough recognized too late.
#NielsAbel #Mathematics #MathHistory #HistoryOfMathematics #Mathematician #Algebra #AbstractAlgebra #QuinticEquation #Quintic #GaloisTheory #MathematicalHistory #MathFacts #ScienceHistory #STEMHistory #STEM #MathematicalBreakthrough #MathematicalGenius #Norway #NorwegianHistory #CarlFriedrichGauss #Equations #NumberTheory #PureMathematics #MathEducation #ScienceCommunication #OnThisDay #August5 #History #MathematicsLovers #MathTwitter
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Niels Abel was born 224 years ago, on August 5, 1802. At just 21, he proved that no general algebraic formula can solve equations of degree 5, a problem that had challenged mathematicians for roughly 250 years.
Short on money, Abel paid the printer himself and condensed his proof into just six pages to keep costs down. He sent a copy to Gauss, but never received a response.
Abel died of tuberculosis at just 26. Two days later, a letter arrived announcing that he had been appointed professor in Berlin.
A breakthrough recognized too late.
#NielsAbel #Mathematics #MathHistory #HistoryOfMathematics #Mathematician #Algebra #AbstractAlgebra #QuinticEquation #Quintic #GaloisTheory #MathematicalHistory #MathFacts #ScienceHistory #STEMHistory #STEM #MathematicalBreakthrough #MathematicalGenius #Norway #NorwegianHistory #CarlFriedrichGauss #Equations #NumberTheory #PureMathematics #MathEducation #ScienceCommunication #OnThisDay #August5 #History #MathematicsLovers #MathTwitter
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The Poison Squad (2020) | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXAQ_-Em89g #USHistory #Capitalism #STEMHistory
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The Poison Squad (2020) | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXAQ_-Em89g #USHistory #Capitalism #STEMHistory
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"Science Translated:
Latin and Vernacular Translations of Scientific Treatises in Medieval Europe"https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9789058676719/science-translated/#bookTabs=1
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"Science Translated:
Latin and Vernacular Translations of Scientific Treatises in Medieval Europe"https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9789058676719/science-translated/#bookTabs=1
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Holy ish. This is an etymology of the slang "scrub" I had not considered.
"No Scrubs: Livestock Breeding, Eugenics, and the State in the Early Twentieth-Century United States"
https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/107/2/362/5907704
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Holy ish. This is an etymology of the slang "scrub" I had not considered.
"No Scrubs: Livestock Breeding, Eugenics, and the State in the Early Twentieth-Century United States"
https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/107/2/362/5907704
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Have any STEM historians written about that period where plant science was transitioning to the largely molecular biology focus it has now? I'm interested in how that transpired and how much discussion (if any) there was at the time of not throwing the baby out with the bathwater. #histodons #STEMhistory #botany
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Have any STEM historians written about that period where plant science was transitioning to the largely molecular biology focus it has now? I'm interested in how that transpired and how much discussion (if any) there was at the time of not throwing the baby out with the bathwater. #histodons #STEMhistory #botany
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People rightly take US immigration law to task, but in their conviction that the US is uniquely horrible, tend to overlook their own country's bad policies. Amazing story here about UK immigration law, incidental to writing medical history. #histodons #STEMhistory
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People rightly take US immigration law to task, but in their conviction that the US is uniquely horrible, tend to overlook their own country's bad policies. Amazing story here about UK immigration law, incidental to writing medical history. #histodons #STEMhistory