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Nature 437, 1092 (20 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/4371092a; Published online 19 October 2005

Mathematical musings

Timothy Gowers1

BOOK REVIEWEDEuclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math

by Joseph Mazur

Pi Press: 2005. 352 pp. $14.95, £10.99

Euclid in the Rainforest by mathematician Joseph Mazur is difficult to summarize, as its title perhaps suggests, but here is an attempt. Mazur's central theme is reasoning, both mathematical and scientific, and he divides it into three kinds.

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