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		perilunar on Sept 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The dirty secret of mathematics: We make it up as ... See also: A Mathematician’s Lament, by Paul Lockhart https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mathematician%27s_Lament

joshgree88888 on Sept 16, 2022 [–]

He wrote a second book called "Measurement" which I loved!

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