only F at #re%ent you cannot underta'e a #ubl$c career ou
ha&e the ch$ldren > can and do A
>n 1905 -race .h$%hol! oun #ubl$%hed the First Book of
Geometry >n $t %he attac'ed the #roble!
%tudent% ha&e learn$n %ol$d eo!etry becau%e o the d$ $culty
$n ade uately re#re%ent$n three=d$!en%$onal $ ure% on a
t/o=d$!en%$onal %ur ace he dealt /$th the co!#l$cat$on by
de!on%trat$n
ho/ to con%truct three=d$!en%$onal ob:ect% by cutt$n , old$n and
re old$n %#ec$al #attern% that %he
called @net% A tudent% could handle the%e, and $n the #roce%%
d$%co&er the %ol$d% #ro#ert$e% and
&$%ual$;e the theore!% o %ol$d eo!etry et/een 1914 and 1916
%he #ubl$%hed #a#er% under her o/n
na!e on the oundat$on% o calculu%, /h$ch earned her the
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uo!a!ion o" !he #ay D @ hen all $% %a$d, $t re!a$n% that !y
ather had $dea% and a /$de ra%# o
%ub:ect%, but /a% by nature undec$dedH h$% !$nd /or'ed only /hen
%t$!ulated by the react$on% o a
%y!#athet$c aud$ence My !other had dec$%$&ene%% and the
%ta!$na to carry an underta'$n to $t%
conclu%$on *er %'$ll $n under%tand$n and $n re%#ond$n , and her
#lea%ure $n e"erc$%$n th$% %'$ll led
her naturally $nto the #o%$t$on %he $lled %o un$ uely > %he
had not had that %'$ll, !y ather % en$u%
/ould #robably ha&e been abort$&e, and /ould not
ha&e ecl$#%ed her% and the na!e %he had already
