What do Aristotle and St. Aquinas have to do with the Galileo Affair? Parts 1 and 2

What do Aristotle and St. Aquinas have to do with the Galileo Affair? Parts 1 and 2

The Greek philoso­pher Aris­to­tle was born in 384 BCE. The Ital­ian philoso­pher St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225. Galileo Galilei was born on Feb­ru­ary 15, 1564. Between the three of them, there is a sto­ry that spans almost 2000 years. That sto­ry is known as the Galileo Affair.

Sofya Kovalevskaya

Sofya Kovalevskaya

When Sofya Kovalevskaya obtained the posi­tion of full pro­fes­sor at Stock­holm Uni­ver­si­ty, it was an excep­tion­al accom­plish­ment on behalf of women.

Helping the marginalized to Rise in STEM

Helping the marginalized to Rise in STEM

IT’S GIVING TUESDAY!! Sev­er­al years ago, I want­ed to start a char­i­ty and call it Rise in STEM. And so, I pur­chased the URL, and kind of start­ed it. Then, life got in the way. And so, I put the char­i­ty on the back­burn­er. The URL www.RiseInSTEM.com sat in my queue for a year, and I did­n’t want to sell

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The History and Future of Autodidacts and Citizen Scientists

The History and Future of Autodidacts and Citizen Scientists

Some of us go through life with gnaw­ing thoughts of “I always want­ed to be a _________.” If the word “sci­en­tist” ends this sen­tence for you, but you feel that your goal is out of reach, think again. You can still become a sci­en­tist, even with­out a Ph.D. and even with­out a col­lege edu­ca­tion. Many indi­vid­u­als, called auto­di­dacts, are active

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The Brains Behind the Talent

The Brains Behind the Talent

I am proud to be part of a tribe of women who suc­cess­ful­ly keep one foot in the enter­tain­ment indus­try while keep­ing the oth­er foot in math and sci­ence. In fact, there may be more than you might know.

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