Underhill
Someone explains that their surname 'Underhill' comes from ancestors who computed areas under curves, showing a family crest of a shaded curve.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-04-27-underhill/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "Your surname 'Underhill'... where does that come from?"
B: "Historically, my ancestors took a lot of integrals. See, this is the family crest."
[Crest: a bell-shaped curve with the area underneath shaded]
