Happy 100th anniversary to the extraordinary thesis of astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), a trailblazer for women in #astronomy who discovered that hydrogen & helium are the most common elements in the universe!

Currently sold out of her portrait but check out this great explanation of her achievement:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-stars

#womenInSTEM #sciart #histSTEM

Orange circles, blue mathematician/physicist, pink tiger socks. The more I look at this the more lino shavings I see. Oh, well! The portrait is progressing. I have had one person guess his identity already from the other blocks. Do you know who he is? There’s several more blocks to print.

#linocut #printmaking #wip #sciArt #mathArt #mathematician #physicis #histSTEM #MastoArt

Postdoc opportunity with us, in anything related to #HPS, #STS, #PHILSCI, #HISTStem etc.

@philosophyofscience @philosophy @historyofmedicine @sts @philbio

Irene Crespin, Australian micropalaeontologist, died January 2, 1980. In 1936 she succeeded Frederick Chapman as palaeontologist in the Department of the Interior of Australia - receiving half his salary because she was a woman #WomenInSTEM #histSTEM

https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/forgotten-women-of-paleontology-irene-crespin/

Respecting Masto etiquette, here's an #IntroductionPost.

I'm a #Histodon. My #History homeland is 18th-21stC #HistPsych and #MentalHealth, but my research takes in #HistMed #histSTEM #Psychology #Quakers #Ambulance #Police #Genealogy.

My most recent work exposed historical "conversion therapy" in the UK and has led to policy change. I'm about to begin a new project 

Expect #Cats, animals, Dutch, news, over-enthusiasm.