minerva-mathematica

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Minerva Mathematica was created especially for the Science Museum Lates in February 2017 as a celebration of the new Winton Mathematics Gallery.

The piece uses text from the gallery exhibition and curator David Rooney, the names of many important women mathematicians, quoting some of their own words, and was created with the advice of Dr Patricia Fara President of the British Society for the History of Science, and reflects the research into Scottish Women Scientists by Catherine Booth (National Library of Scotland).The work is for a live solo voice with a chorus of recorded voices generously donated by: – Pippa J Redfern, Danielle Barry, Kathryn Holland, Miranda Melville, Colette Milward, Eloise Ward, Fiona McAlister, and Frances M Lynch.

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Year:
2017
Recordings:
Minutes:
4
Seconds:
12

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Minerva Mathematica

Location 
Edinburgh , Midlothian
United Kingdom
55° 57' 11.7072" N, 3° 11' 17.7612" W
Midlothian GB
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