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A concise history of mathematics, but not for philosophers

John Stillwell: A concise history of mathematics for philosophers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 69pp, £15.

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Tanswell, F.S. A concise history of mathematics, but not for philosophers. Metascience 29, 519–521 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-020-00547-7

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