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037 _cReference
040 _aRTL
_cRTL
_beng
041 _2eng
_aeng
084 _aB K8/SC
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100 _aWilder, Raymond L.
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245 0 _aEvolution of mathematical concepts: An elementary study
_b
260 _aEnglans
_bOpen University Press
_c1973
300 _axx, 216 p.
_bIncludes bibliographical reference and index
520 _aA prominent educator offers a unique exploration of modern mathematics' evolutionary development. Rather than conducting a survey of the history or philosophy of mathematics, the author envisions mathematics as a broad cultural phenomenon. His treatment examines and illustrates how such concepts as number and length were affected by historic and social events.
650 _aMathematics philosophy
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650 _aMathematics
650 _aMathematics history
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942 _hB K8/SC
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