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Author of [http://www.maa.org/reviews/hitchhiker.html The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus]. ISBN 09-014098-23-3 |
Author of [http://www.maa.org/reviews/hitchhiker.html The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus]. ISBN 09-014098-23-3 |
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Also inventor of '''The Spivak pronouns''', which are a proposed set of gender-neutral pronouns in English. They are used as non-sexist language by some people who dislike the more common alternatives "he/she" or singular they. |
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The (new) Spivak pronouns are formed from the pronoun "they" by dropping the "th". |
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[http://www.vinc17.org/yp17/index.en.html where the 17's and the yellow pigs come from] |
[http://www.vinc17.org/yp17/index.en.html where the 17's and the yellow pigs come from] |
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Related: [[17]], [[Wikipedia:Michael Spivak]], [[Wikipedia:Spivak pronoun]] |
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Related: [[17]] |
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[http://mishka.site.co.il/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3848 Mickael Spivak Photography] (but is this the same person?) |
[http://mishka.site.co.il/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3848 Mickael Spivak Photography] (but is this the same person?) |
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Latest revision as of 10:52, 21 February 2006
Michael David Spivak is a mathematician specializing in differential geometry, an expositor of mathematics, and the founder of Publish-or-Perish Press.
Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Calculus. ISBN 09-014098-23-3
Also inventor of The Spivak pronouns, which are a proposed set of gender-neutral pronouns in English. They are used as non-sexist language by some people who dislike the more common alternatives "he/she" or singular they.
The (new) Spivak pronouns are formed from the pronoun "they" by dropping the "th".
where the 17's and the yellow pigs come from
Related: 17, Wikipedia:Michael Spivak, Wikipedia:Spivak pronoun
Mickael Spivak Photography (but is this the same person?)