History or Heritage? An Important Distinction in Mathematics and for Mathematics Education

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Grattan Guinness, Ivor ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0742289058     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4145010     Document Type: Review

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