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From Euclid to Newton there were straight lines. The modern age analyzes the wavers.

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
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Solomon Bellows
Straight
Modern
Lines
Age
Analyzes
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Wavers
Euclid
Newton

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