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The emergence of a quantitative worldview and why everyone should care about mathematics

Steven J. Osterlind: The error of truth. How history and mathematics came together to form our character and shape our worldview. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019, 352 pp, £26.49 HB

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Carter, J. The emergence of a quantitative worldview and why everyone should care about mathematics. Metascience 31, 235–237 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-022-00742-8

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