Figuring it out. Entertaining encounters with everyday math

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-04833-3zbMATH Open1219.00007OpenAlexW2482133719MaRDI QIDQ3055797FDOQ3055797

Authors: Nuno Crato 

Publication date: 10 November 2010

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04833-3

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mathematics in general (00-01) Mathematics for nonmathematicians (engineering, social sciences, etc.) (00A06) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Objectives and goals of mathematics teaching (97D30) Recreational mathematics (00A08) Affective behavior and mathematics education (97C20)

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