Gabrielle BirchakEuphemia Haynes, Her Math, and Her Fight for EqualityAn early release from Math! Science! History!Sep 6Sep 6
Gabrielle BirchakFalling Leaves and Helicopters — Math! Science! History!Every now and then, I hear helicopters overhead. And I joke, living in Los Angeles, that helicopters and sirens are the songs of my…Aug 27Aug 27
Gabrielle BirchakThe Story of Omar Khayyam — Math! Science! History!Interdisciplinary thinking. Sometimes, I can have intellectual revelations by taking my brain into places where it hasn’t…Aug 6Aug 6
Gabrielle BirchakLook out! It’s Momentum!I’m sure some of my readers have heard about the JATO rocket car, often noted as a Darwin award. You know, that honor awarded to…Jul 8Jul 8
Gabrielle BirchakThe Murder of Evariste Galois — Math! Science! History!On May 30, a farmer in France had been passing down a road and found a young man who had been shot in the stomach. He was still alive…Jun 11Jun 11
Gabrielle BirchakThe History of Calculators — Math! Science! History!The year was 1983, and I was taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the SAT! It was springtime in Denver, Colorado, which meant it was…May 23May 23
Gabrielle BirchakEunice Newton Foote: Climate Scientist and SuffragetteOne summer day, on August 23, 1856, a gathering of scientists occurred in the city of Albany, New York. It was the eighth annual…Apr 23Apr 23
Gabrielle BirchakHypatia: The Sum of Her Life — Chapter OneALEXANDRIA’S DESCENTAug 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023
Gabrielle BirchakThe Matilda EffectWe are a month away from the 2022 Nobel season. Last year, the recipients of the 2021 prize honorably deserved this prestigious award…Sep 2, 20221Sep 2, 20221
Gabrielle BirchakHipparchus: The Trigonometry of the CosmosSpace. It’s not just the final frontier. It’s not just an infinite three-dimensional platform where entities have position and direction…Aug 17, 2022Aug 17, 2022