Sophia D Merow

Sophia D Merow

A freelance writer and editor based in and around Washington, D.C., Sophia D. Merow writes about math—lots of math—but also eating grasshoppers, trying to learn to tango, and how to make paper out of sheep poo.

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It’s a “Freudian slip.” And “Euclidean geometry.” The capitalization on such adjectives leaves little doubt that each was derived from a proper noun and not some lowly Latin root word. There are, however, those who have left us English speakers a more und

Sophia D Merow