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Book Information:
Author:
R. E. Edwards
Title:
A formal background to mathematics
Additional book information:
Universitext, Springer-Verlag, New York-Berlin-Heidelberg, Volumes 1a and 1b, 1979, xxxiv + 933 pp., $29.80; Volumes 2a and 2b, 1980, xivii + 1170 pp., $39.80.
1. J. L. Austin and A. G. Howson, Language and mathematical education, Ed. Stud. Math. 10 (1980), 161-197.
H. B. Griffiths, The implicit function theorem—technique versus understanding, Internat. J. Math. Ed. Sci. Tech. 15 (1984), no. 5, 541–551. MR 762000, DOI 10.1080/0020739840150501
3. H. B. Griffiths, Successes and failures of mathematical curricula in the past two decades, Proc. Internat. Congress of Math. Education (Berkeley, 1980) (to appear).
H. B. Griffiths and P. J. Hilton, A comprehensive textbook of classical mathematics, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York-London, 1970. A comtemporary interpretation. MR 555092
J. Barkley Rosser, Logic for mathematicians, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York-Toronto-London, 1953. MR 0054531
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- J. L. Austin and A. G. Howson, Language and mathematical education, Ed. Stud. Math. 10 (1980), 161-197.
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- H. B. Griffiths, Mathematics Education today, Internat. J. Math. Ed. Sci and Tech. 6 (1975), 3-15. MR 0762000
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- H. B. Griffiths, Successes and failures of mathematical curricula in the past two decades, Proc. Internat. Congress of Math. Education (Berkeley, 1980) (to appear).
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- H. B. Griffiths and P. J. Hilton, Classical mathematics: a contemporary interpretation, Springer-New York, 1979. MR 511550
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- B. Rosser, Logic for mathematicians, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1953. MR 54531
Review Information:
Reviewer:
H. B. Griffiths
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
5 (1981), 354-358
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1981-14956-9