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Book Review: International and diverse. Failed but seminal. Dirk de Bock (Ed.). (2023) Modern Mathematics. An International Movement?

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Oller-Marcén, A.M. Book Review: International and diverse. Failed but seminal. Dirk de Bock (Ed.). (2023) Modern Mathematics. An International Movement?. Educ Stud Math 115, 313–320 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-023-10257-6

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