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Aims – the 1993 Presidential Address*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

John Hersee
John Hersee*
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With so much changing almost daily in schools and education, it has been difficult to decide on a title for this address and even more difficult to finalize a text. Some of the titles I’ve considered are shown here.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 79 , Issue 485 , July 1995 , pp. 305 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1995

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Footnotes

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We apologise for the delay in publishing the 1993 Presidential Address. The 1995 Presidential Address by Mary Bradburn is scheduled for the November 1995 issue.

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