Word: ellen
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...year-old girl demanded that Robert Kaplan tell her the answer to a confusing question. The exchange found its way into The Art of the Infinite: The Joys of Mathematics, a recent book which Kaplan, the program’s co-founder, wrote with his wife, Ellen F. Kaplan...
...this end, their book’s treatment of technical notation is very wary, according to Ellen...
...with the pace at which one reads,” Ellen adds. “Math has to be read at the speed of lyric poetry because it’s that condensed. It provides a smoothness so that you can glide across a philosophical conversation...
...book also addresses the terror of mathematical notation in its appearance. All the diagrams are hand-written by Ellen, who also illustrated The Nothing That Is, and each chapter begins with headings in a whimsical typeface...
...champion of symbolist, non-realistic design, Craig was one of the foremost theatrical designers of the early twentieth century. Born in 1872 to English actress Ellen Terry and architect Edward Godwin, Craig performed with his mother on stage in his youth but ultimately found theatrical design to be his true passion...