Science Chicks From History is a new tumblr devoted to…you guessed it.  Science chicks from history.  My favorite entry so far:

Aglaonike. 2nd century BC Thessaly.

Cited as the first female astronomer in Greece.  People thought she was a sorceress for her ability to make the moon disappear when she really was just predicting the time and area when a lunar eclipse would occur.

One must be wary of Ancient Greek sorceresses.  Always making moons disappear with the power of science when you least expect it.

h/t jtotheizzo

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