30 mai 1640 A 34 ans, Jeanne Mance quitte sa ville natale de Langres (Haute-Marne) pour ne jamais y revenir. Elle embarquera à La Rochelle le 9 mai 1641 et arrivera en Nouvelle-France trois mois plus tard. Avec le sieur de Maisonneuve, elle fondera Montréal l’année suivante. pic.twitter.com/OazQBEFp12
— Nouvelle-France ⚜ (@Jean_Vauquelin) May 30, 2021
Animated map shows human migration throughout history. Nice touch to have the map display relief data. I like how at 9 seconds humans hit the Himalayas and wisely decided to head eastwards. Source: https://t.co/G1hHQZlVQGpic.twitter.com/2CfI7Xeyd7
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) May 26, 2021
Data science meets sleuthing: Terrific story about work by applied mathematician David Earn and colleagues, looking back at the Great Plague of London in 1665 and the invasion of the Black Death in the 1300s. Earn and team found clever ways to chart these long-ago epidemics. https://t.co/WWs7c1kf8y
Caroline of Anspach! Studied with Leibniz, became Princess of Wales, facilitated the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence on the nature of space, and was an early advocate of immunization, after overseeing medical trials. All before becoming Queen of England.https://t.co/FThlqLaoGk