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Book SynopsisTrade 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.
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---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
