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Natterings of a Woman in STEM
I suffer from an ugly prejudice. Only scientific disciplines derived from physics or chemistry are important to me. Anything related to biology is rigorously ignored. I admit it’s rather shameful to neglect a subject I dropped as soon as I could. It must have… Continue Reading “Oohs and Aahs”
My other half is rather odd. He supports Walkers for Wobbly Bits (my Susan G Komen Race for the Cure team). This is totally divergent from his usual interests, which include: His 1965 Ford F100 pickup truck, a.k.a. The Beast. This creature technically belongs… Continue Reading “Walkers for Wobbly Bits”
There is no mathematical theorem used more in my daily life than the Pythagorean Theorem. Even my non-mathematical friends make second-hand use of the theorem by calling me with a query about how much material they need for a project involving a triangle (or… Continue Reading “A Pythagorean Problem”
I am past my prime. Yesterday, I was not. With the passage of just one day, I’m a year older. What a cruel trick! Surely it’s a mathematical impossibility. How can time contract so? Am I living in a gravitational anomaly? Yesterday, I was… Continue Reading “I am past my prime…”
For some reason or the other, I never included pull-ups in my exercise routine until my early forties. With a modest degree of effort, I was soon able to complete three sequential pull ups. Although I was rather proud of myself, my offspring remained… Continue Reading “Wimpy Woman”
Every ninny should read these books – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: Although generally designated a horror story – and it does have Gothic elements – this book is clearly science fiction. The novel is the prototypical cautionary tale of science running amok, and I… Continue Reading “Classic Science Fiction”
Pi is such a lovely little thing. It’s shape (π) could easily be mistaken for an Ikea-designed seat, structured – oh so elegantly – to support our posterior. Isn’t it remarkable that this delightfully formed Greek letter has come to mean so much more… Continue Reading “Pondering π”
How does your mind work? When you see rain on a windowpane, do you estimate the number of drops per unit area? Do you stare at your dryer because it’s such fun to watch it tossing clothes? When you rub your aching feet, do you… Continue Reading “Are you a numerate ninny?”
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