Bluesky ยท Hashtag

#mathematics

1,160
posts ยท 30d
207
users
39
posts / day
5.6
posts / user
-6% vs last week

#mathematics is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 207 people shared 1,160 posts with it โ€” around 39 a day. Activity is down 6% versus the previous week, peaking on Oct 13 with 53 posts.

#mathematics posts per day (last 30 days)

Posts with #mathematics

Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social
3 days ago
Shakuntala Devi was known as the โ€œHuman Computerโ€ for her extraordinary mental arithmetic abilities. In 1977, she calculated the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in 50 seconds. Her mental calculation beat a Univac 1101 computer--it took 62 seconds to find the answer.๐Ÿงต #WomenInSTEM #Mathematics
A close-up portrait of Shakuntala Devi (1929โ€“2013), the legendary mathematical prodigy who earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for her unfathomable mental arithmetic speed. Captured from the shoulders up in a brightly lit indoor setting with a warm, blurred background, she faces the camera with a gentle, radiant smile. Her expressive, dark eyes convey warmth and sharp intellect, complemented by a small black bindi placed elegantly between her eyebrows. She has thick, volumized black hair styled in soft, short curls framing her face. She wears a traditional off-white saree adorned with a subtle pattern and a dark green and maroon border visible at her shoulder. The portrait captures an air of brilliance, approachability, and grace, immortalizing the dignified presence of a woman who frequently outperformed the world's most advanced computers using only her mind.
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Admirable Women
@admirablewomen.bsky.social
3 days ago
In 1980, she mentally multiplied 7,686,369,774,870 and 2,465,099,745,779 in 28 seconds. In her head.๐Ÿ˜ฎ Her lifelong mission to make #mathematics engaging & accessible to the public. She explained many of the methods she used to do mental calculations in her book "Figuring: The Joy of Numbers."
The book cover for "Figuring: The Joy of Numbers" by the world-renowned Indian mental calculator and author Shakuntala Devi (1929โ€“2013), celebrated as the "Human Computer." The graphic design features a muted teal background stylized with the massive, blocky outlines of the numbers "1", "2", and "3" stacked vertically on the left side, casting dark green drop shadows. The main title text is rendered in an elegant, elongated white and yellow Art Deco-style font. The word "FIGURING:" stretches across the top in white, while "THE JOY OF NUMBERS" is stacked in the center in a warm golden-yellow. The authorโ€™s name, "SHAKUNTALA DEVI," is printed in clean white capital letters at the bottom right. A small, white house-shaped publisher logo with the text "BN EH 530" sits in the bottom left corner. The composition is structured, clean, and retro, conveying a cheerful, intellectual mood that reflects her lifelong mission to make mathematics engaging and accessible to the public.
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OtterSparx | ฮธฮ” ๐Ÿฆฆ | โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒ• | ๐Ÿ”œ FWA
@ottersparx.bsky.social
1 day ago
I know this is supposed to be a joke, but this winds up being unironically true most of the time, because the curriculum says the students ought to know one thing, and most of the time they're about 5 grades further back than that. #math #mathematics #teaching
A teacher stands at a whiteboard, hurriedly writing and erasing unseen text. The caption reads, "First day at school. Mathematics teacher says, 'Guys, we are already behind.'"
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