Circular History

Volume/Issue:
Volume 111: Issue 3
Page(s):
170–171
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/mathteacher.111.3.0170
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I would like to share with my fellow geometry teachers a real-life illustration of the importance of the adjective “equidistant” in the definition of a circle. This illustration is taken from Diary of the Dark Years, 1940-1944: Collaboration, Resistance, and Daily Life in Occupied Paris, by the French cultural critic, Jean Gúehenno. This was Gúehenno's diary entry for July 4, 1941:

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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 2017
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Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Nov 2017
Online Publication Date:
Nov 2017
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