ZDM

, Volume 42, Issue 5, pp 507–510 | Cite as

Roza Leikin, Abraham Berman, Boris Koichu (eds): Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students

Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2009, $49.00, ISBN: 978-908790-933-8
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.The University of MontanaMissoulaUSA
  2. 2.Seoul National UniversitySeoulKorea

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