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Shadows of the Truth: Metamathematics of Elementary Mathematics

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Shadows of the Truth: Metamathematics of Elementary Mathematics
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Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Number of pages: 293

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Metamathematics of elementary mathematics. This book can be viewed as a sequel to Mathematics under the Microscope, but with focus shifted on mathematics as it was experienced by children (well, by children who became mathematicians).

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