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Book review of: M. Shifman (ed.), You failed your math test, comrade Einstein. Adventures and misadventures of young mathematicians, or test your skills in almost recreational mathematics. (English) Zbl 1461.00050

Review of [Zbl 1124.01011].

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00A17 External book reviews
01A72 Schools of mathematics
00A07 Problem books
01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century
01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies
97-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mathematics education
00A35 Methodology of mathematics

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[8] G. Szpiro. Bella Abramovna Subbotovskaya and the “Jewish People’s University.” Notices AMS 54 (2007), 1326-1330. · Zbl 1142.01351
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