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Howe, Julia Ward

(Encyclopedia) Howe, Julia Ward, 1819–1910, American author and social reformer, b. New York City. Although unhappily married, she assisted her husband, Samuel Gridley Howe, in his philanthropic…

Geometry: Similar Triangles

Similar TrianglesGeometrySimilar TrianglesRatio, Proportion, and Geometric MeansProperties of Similar TrianglesThe Big Three When you have two congruent triangles, you have triangles that are…

Geometry: Two's Company, Three's a Triangle

Two's Company, Three's a TriangleGeometryTwo's Company, Three's a TriangleA Formal IntroductionSize Matters, So Let's Measure As long as there are three of anything, there will be triangles. You…

Hugh of Saint Victor

(Encyclopedia) Hugh of Saint Victor, 1096–1141, French or German philosopher and theologian, a canon regular of the monastery of St. Victor, Paris, from c.1115. In 1133 he was made head of the…

Geometry: Opening Doors with Similar Triangles

Opening Doors with Similar TrianglesGeometryOpening Doors with Similar TrianglesThe Pythagorean TheoremParallel Segments and Segment ProportionsThree Famous Triangles You just spent a whole…

Geometry: Transformations

TransformationsGeometryTransformationsIsometriesDilationsSymmetry There is very little in our world that is static. Living things like to move. I remember thinking how great it would be to move…

Models

People in the News Recent Obituaries Biographies by Category Alt, Carol, model Alves, Michelle, model Ambrosio, Alessandra, model Anderson, Pamela, model, actress Banks, Tyra, model Barros…