About Maria Agnesi
Of course if youre neither a math teacher nor a mathematician, youre probably scratching your head right now, wondering, What is he talking about? Well, the Witch of Agnesi is actually not the name of a witch, nor is Agnesi a town in Italy, as you might suppose. We need to digress for a moment to indulge in a brief math lesson, and then we can return to reviewing Robert Spillers mystery novel. But the name of the curve the key to solving the mystery comes from a mistranslation, an event that warms the heart of anyone who has studied linguistics.
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