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Grattan-Guinness, I. (2005). History or Heritage? An Important Distinction in Mathematics and for Mathematics Education. In: Van Brummelen, G., Kinyon, M. (eds) Mathematics and the Historian’s Craft. CMS Books in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28272-6_2
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