Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
This is the real Katherine Johnson. Let’s use real historical photos.
August 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is the real Katherine Johnson. Let’s use real historical photos.
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...
there’s a reason i’m a writer and not a mathematician ok
September 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
there’s a reason i’m a writer and not a mathematician ok
♥️💐 rest in power & paradise
lovely soul 👑♥️💐🕊♥️🌿
lovely soul 👑♥️💐🕊♥️🌿
August 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
♥️💐 rest in power & paradise
lovely soul 👑♥️💐🕊♥️🌿
lovely soul 👑♥️💐🕊♥️🌿
As a mathematician I feel extra angry at this.
April 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
As a mathematician I feel extra angry at this.
Trump canceled the research grant for America’s — perhaps the world’s? — top mathematician (via @weakinstrument.bsky.social)
August 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Trump canceled the research grant for America’s — perhaps the world’s? — top mathematician (via @weakinstrument.bsky.social)
Martin Nowak, mentioned in this Epstein Files letter, is a collaborator of E.O. Wilson's on social insect theory. For those looking for an entomological association.
Lmaooo HOLY SHIT can I call it or what
January 31, 2026 at 9:14 PM
rytuwil predicted it. the new hime stereotype is being a mathematician
July 24, 2026 at 1:26 PM
rytuwil predicted it. the new hime stereotype is being a mathematician
Trump cut $267 million from national parks just to get back $90 million? Nick Offerman's no mathematician, but...
July 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trump cut $267 million from national parks just to get back $90 million? Nick Offerman's no mathematician, but...
I can tell you're not a mathematician or physicist...
January 28, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I can tell you're not a mathematician or physicist...
godzilla minus zero? I’m no mathematician but I’m pretty sure that’s just godzilla
September 24, 2026 at 3:35 PM
godzilla minus zero? I’m no mathematician but I’m pretty sure that’s just godzilla
Probably the best time in history to be a mathematician was around 600 BC when you could get rich just for discovering triangles
December 6, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Probably the best time in history to be a mathematician was around 600 BC when you could get rich just for discovering triangles
Sanders: I'm not a mathematician but I do know that 99% is a hell of a lot bigger number than 1%. I do know that if we stand together, we are the vast majority of people. We can defeat trumpism
March 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sanders: I'm not a mathematician but I do know that 99% is a hell of a lot bigger number than 1%. I do know that if we stand together, we are the vast majority of people. We can defeat trumpism
Oh you're a mathematician are you? Name every number
August 14, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Oh you're a mathematician are you? Name every number
gloomy gyaru mathematician ...
September 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
gloomy gyaru mathematician ...
My mathematician husband, reading the tweet.
April 5, 2024 at 6:28 PM
My mathematician husband, reading the tweet.
Breaking news: scientists discovered that we’ve actually run out of numbers. “We’re fucked” said one mathematician
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Breaking news: scientists discovered that we’ve actually run out of numbers. “We’re fucked” said one mathematician
I'm not a mathematician, but lowering prices by 300% is actually impossible.
October 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm not a mathematician, but lowering prices by 300% is actually impossible.
A Wichita State University mathematician sued the top Kansas election official Wednesday seeking paper tapes from electronic voting machines, an effort to explain statistical anomalies favoring Republicans in counts coming from large precincts across the country.
www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
Wichita State mathematician sues Kris Kobach, Sedgwick County elections commissioner seeking to audit voting machines
WICHITA — A Wichita State University mathematician sued the top Kansas election official Wednesday seeking paper tapes from electronic voting machines, an effort to explain statistical anomalies favo…
www.cjonline.com
April 5, 2026 at 4:45 AM
A Wichita State University mathematician sued the top Kansas election official Wednesday seeking paper tapes from electronic voting machines, an effort to explain statistical anomalies favoring Republicans in counts coming from large precincts across the country.
www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
Very grateful for her contributions to a profound technology spanning many uses.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Very grateful for her contributions to a profound technology spanning many uses.
![Although fifty-seven is not prime, it is jokingly known as the Grothendieck prime after a legend according to which the mathematician Alexander Grothendieck supposedly gave it as an example of a particular prime number.[5] The error was committed by another famous mathematician Hermann Weyl in a published article.[6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreibadmhvmbevnyfutzh2p6zqaamtbr46v6ubz5qwion5re5lywsreq)
Not a Great Mathematician...
June 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not a Great Mathematician...
This Day in #History 1833
English mathematician and future first computer programmer Ada Lovelace meets fellow mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage.
English mathematician and future first computer programmer Ada Lovelace meets fellow mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage.
June 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This Day in #History 1833
English mathematician and future first computer programmer Ada Lovelace meets fellow mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage.
English mathematician and future first computer programmer Ada Lovelace meets fellow mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage.
GPS pioneer and mathematician Gladys West has died. She was 95.
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 PM
GPS pioneer and mathematician Gladys West has died. She was 95.