IN a recent number of NATURE (June 30) there appeared a review of a book by G. Mannoury on the philosophy of mathematics, and the reviewer emphasised a statement of the author to the effect that the ...

THE book before us is Part 1 of a history which is intended to consist of three parts. This first part deals only with the history of the numeral notation and of arithmetic; the second will be devoted ...

The book summarizes the key results of recent studies by Brazilian researchers on the history of geometry teaching in elementary schools. The studies show how the history of mathematics education, a ...