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Book Review: One hundred years of mathematics education seen through the lens of ICMI. Fulvia Furinghetti & Livia Giacardi (Eds.) (2022). The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, 1908–2008: People, Events, and Challenges in Mathematics Education

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Notes

  1. A reference to PME, the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education founded in 1976, a Study Group affiliated to ICMI. The group is highly research-oriented, with a particular focus on empirical studies.

  2. The original text is: “je // ne suis pas sûr qu’on leur attribue le poids mathématique, nécessaire au président de la CIEM.”

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Appendix

Appendix

ICMI personalities portrayed in Chapters 11 and 12 and the authors (in italics) of their biography

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

1. Akizuki Yasuo, Masami Isoda

2. Aleksandrov Aleksandr, Man Keung Siu

3. Andersen Aksel Frederik, Henrik Kragh Sørensen

4. Ascoli Guido, Livia Giacardi

5. Begle Edward, Jeremy Kilpatrick

6. Behari Ram, Fulvia Furinghetti

7. Behnke Heinrich, Gert Schubring

8. Beth Evert Willem, Giorgio Bagni

9. Cartan Henri, Fulvia Furinghetti

10. Castelnuovo Guido, Livia Giacardi

11. Châtelet Albert, Sébastien Gauthier,

     Catherine Goldstein

12. Christiansen Bent, Gert Schubring

13. Czuber Emanuel, Michela Malpangotto

14. De Guzmán Miguel, Jaime Carvalho e Silva

15. De Rham Georges, Margherita Barile

16. Desforge Julien, Éric Barbazo

17. Erlwanger Stanley, Harm Jan Smid

18. Fehr Henri, Gert Schubring

19. Freudenthal Hans, Gert Schubring

20. Frostman Otto, Sten Kaijser

21. Greenhill Alfred George, Adrian Rice

22. Hadamard Jacques, Hélène Gispert

23. Heegaard Poul, Henrik Kragh Sørensen

24. Hopf Heinz, Giorgio Bagni

25. Iyanaga Shokichi, Fulvia Furinghetti

26. Jeffery Ralph, Harm Jan Smid

27. Kawada Yukiyoshi, Fulvia Furinghetti

28. Klein Felix, Gert Schubring

29. Kurepa Đuro, Michela Malpangotto,

     Milosav M. Marjanović, Stevo Todorčević

30. Lichnérowicz André, Hélène Gispert

31. Lietzmann Walther, Gert Schubring

32. Lighthill James, Adrian Rice

33. Lions Jacques-Louis, Margherita Barile

34. Mac Lane Saunders, Jeremy Kilpatrick

35. Maxwell Edwin Arthur, Adrian Rice

36. Moise Edwin Evariste, Jeremy Kilpatrick

37. Montgomery Deane, Jeremy Kilpatrick

38. Moser Jürgen, Giorgio Bagni

39. Neumann Bernhard, Michela Malpangotto

40. Nevanlinna Rolf, Osmo Pekonen

41. Neville Eric Harold, Adrian Rice

42. Piene Kay, Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze

43. Revuz André, Michèle Artigue, Aline Robert

44. Scorza Gaetano, Livia Giacardi

45. Sharygin Igor, Man Keung Siu

46. Smith David Eugene, Gert Schubring

47. Sobolev Sergei, Man Keung Siu

48. Steiner Hans-Georg, Gert Schubring

49. Stone Marshall Harvey, Jeremy Kilpatrick

50. Straszewicz Stefan, Ewa Lakoma

51. Surányi János, László Surányi

52. Van Lint Jacobus, Sten Kaijser

53. Walusinski Gilbert, Eric Barbazo

54. Whitney Hassler, Jeremy Kilpatrick

1. Beke Emanuel, Gert Schubring,

    Sándorné Kántor Tünde Varga

2. Bioche Charles, Éric Barbazo

3. Boulad Bey Farid Youssef, Gregg De Young

4. Dickstein Samuel, Ewa Lakoma

5. Enriques Federigo, Livia Giacardi

6. Laisant Charles-Anges, Eduardo Ortiz

7. Loria Gino, Fulvia Furinghetti

8. Petrović Mihailo, Snezana Lawrence

9. Wirtinger Wilhelm, Gert Schubring

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De Bock, D. Book Review: One hundred years of mathematics education seen through the lens of ICMI. Fulvia Furinghetti & Livia Giacardi (Eds.) (2022). The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, 1908–2008: People, Events, and Challenges in Mathematics Education. Educ Stud Math 115, 507–515 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-023-10267-4

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