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"This book could well serve as a history of mathematics. … [Stillwell] has done an amazing job of collecting and categorizing many of the most important ideas in this area."---Jim Stein, New Books in Mathematics
"Stillwell’s [The Story of Proof] joins his two other Princeton University Press books in having my highest recommendation. I just wish they had been around when I was a student."---George Hacken, Computing Reviews
"I hugely enjoyed this book."---Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica
"This book would be perfect for any keen undergraduate, keen amateur, or indeed a teacher of mathematics, who wants a book to dip into to use for the classroom."---Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica
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A well-crafted, thought-provoking meditation on the concept of proof in mathematics. . . .It is a substantive book that deserves to be read and reflected upon.

"---Tommy Murphy, Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin
"This is a work that mathematicians, historians, and philosophers will find especially engaging, as will anyone with a serious interest in mathematics and the limits of certainty that it is constantly probing."---J.W. Dauben, Choice

The Story of Proof

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 15 November 2022
      ISBN-13 9780691234366
      978-0691234366
      ISBN-10 0691234361
      Also in:
      Mathematics History of mathematics Philosophy of mathematics

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "This book could well serve as a history of mathematics. … [Stillwell] has done an amazing job of collecting and categorizing many of the most important ideas in this area."---Jim Stein, New Books in Mathematics
      "Stillwell’s [The Story of Proof] joins his two other Princeton University Press books in having my highest recommendation. I just wish they had been around when I was a student."---George Hacken, Computing Reviews
      "I hugely enjoyed this book."---Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica
      "This book would be perfect for any keen undergraduate, keen amateur, or indeed a teacher of mathematics, who wants a book to dip into to use for the classroom."---Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica
      "

      A well-crafted, thought-provoking meditation on the concept of proof in mathematics. . . .It is a substantive book that deserves to be read and reflected upon.

      "---Tommy Murphy, Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin
      "This is a work that mathematicians, historians, and philosophers will find especially engaging, as will anyone with a serious interest in mathematics and the limits of certainty that it is constantly probing."---J.W. Dauben, Choice

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