Happy birthday to pharmaceutical #chemist Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for #leprosy. Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile & painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, & she was a trailblazer for both women & Black scientists.
Ball studied #chemistry at UW earning a BSc & 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. She published “Benzoylations in Ether
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#printmaking #sciart #BlackInSTEM #womenInSTEM #histsci
Happy birthday to Russian #mathematician & writer Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevski (1850-1891). Her contributions to analysis, differential equations & mechanics include Cauchy-Kovalevski theorem & the famed Kovalevski top. She was 1st woman appointed to full prof in N Europe or to serve as editor of a major sci journal. She is also remembered for her contributions to Russian literature. All of this despite living when women were still barred from attending 🧵
#sciart #printmaking #WomenInSTEM
I set myself the task to design and print 50 birds using a custom LEGO letterpress technique. This was in 2018. Figured it would take a year or so. I finished the last print earlier this year 
Presenting the complete series for the first time in an exhibiton in the workplace where the prints were made. Opening this weekend:
Come! 
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#letterpress #printmaking #LEGOletterpress #MastoArt #birds
