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with Gabrielle Birchak

  • The Transcriptorium
  • The Emporium of Necessities
  • A Treatise on Gabrielle
  • Hypatia — The Book
  • The Transcriptorium
  • The Emporium of Necessities
  • A Treatise on Gabrielle
  • Hypatia — The Book
Scientists, Literature and Logic

Scientists, Literature and Logic

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 01, 2020
  • Archive, Contemporary History, Early Modern History, Late Modern History, Modern History
  • 0

Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on. 

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Physics of the Flip Flap Rollercoaster

Physics of the Flip Flap Rollercoaster

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 01, 2020
  • Archive, Contemporary History, Modern History, Uncategorized
  • 0

In 1895, Coney Island debuted the first loop­ing roller coast­er, and it was a flop! Why were peo­ple get­ting bro­ken necks?

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Hypatia of Alexandria

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 01, 2020
  • Ancient History, Archive, Classical Antiquity
  • 0

HAPPY NEW YEAR! IT’S 2020!

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 01, 2020
  • Archive, Uncategorized
  • 0

Holiday Party!

Holiday Party!

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 12, 2019
  • Ancient History, Archive, Modern History, Post Classical
  • 0

There’s a par­ty in the neigh­bor­hood with William Buck­land, Tycho Bra­he, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, Stub­bins Ffirth, and Pythago­ras! Can you solve this log­ic puzzle?

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Happy Birthday Admiral Grace Hopper!

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 12, 2019
  • Archive, Modern History
  • 0

This blog goes to 11!

This blog goes to 11!

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 11, 2019
  • Ancient History, Archive, Modern History
  • 0

What does Spinal Tap have to do with math? Every­thing that even the fourth cen­tu­ry BCE laud­able math­e­mati­cian Eratos­thenes would know: Dimensions! 

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The night sky in the palm of your hand

The night sky in the palm of your hand

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 11, 2019
  • Ancient History, Archive, Classical Antiquity
  • 0

If you are inter­est­ed in learn­ing more about the astro­labe, as well as how to make one, here are sev­er­al links that will point you in the right direc­tion. (pun intended)

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Archimedes and his Pi: The Great Numerical Hope

Archimedes and his Pi: The Great Numerical Hope

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 10, 2019
  • Ancient History, Archive, Classical Antiquity, Modern History, Uncategorized
  • 0

Archimedes was an infa­mous and remark­able sci­en­tist who found­ed many foun­da­tion­al prin­ci­ples and the­o­ries in math­e­mat­ics, astron­o­my, physics, and engineering.

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John Dalton: The Man who Ushered in Atomic Research

John Dalton: The Man who Ushered in Atomic Research

  • gabriellebirchak
  • 09, 2019
  • Archive, Late Modern History, Modern History, Uncategorized
  • 0

His par­ents raised him as a Quak­er with earnest val­ues: to live one’s life, not on a set of beliefs or utter­ances of God, but rather to exist as a tes­ti­mo­ny to the world. 

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