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Arithmetic

Paul Lockhart

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ISBN 9780674237513

Publication Date: 07/15/2019

240 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

58 illus.

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Paul Lockhart teaches mathematics at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York. He is the author of Arithmetic, Measurement, and the essay A Mathematician’s Lament.

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