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Pages: 368
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-08-21 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 369
Pages: 369
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-08-21 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 372
Pages: 372
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Tries to refine the philosophy of mathematics to reflect what mathematicians really do, and argues that mathematics must be understood in a social context.
Language: en
Pages: 596
Pages: 596
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ability but not
Language: en
Pages: 432
Pages: 432
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-13 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
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