On the shoulders of giants: Cultural tools and mathematical development

The Nature of Mathematical Thinking

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 83-118

  Miller, Kevin F ^a   Paredes, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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