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Book Review: The long story of the history in mathematics education. Kathleen M. Clark, Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen, Sebastian Schorcht, & Constantinos Tzanakis (Eds.) (2018). Mathematics, education and history. Towards a harmonious partnership

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  1. Clairaut’s treatise was first published in 1741.

  2. A second edition was published in 1921.

  3. See also Heppel (1893). The use of history in teaching mathematics, Nature, 48, 16–18.

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Furinghetti, F. Book Review: The long story of the history in mathematics education. Kathleen M. Clark, Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen, Sebastian Schorcht, & Constantinos Tzanakis (Eds.) (2018). Mathematics, education and history. Towards a harmonious partnership. Educ Stud Math 100, 109–116 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-018-9852-1

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