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Films: A Communicating Tool for Mathematics

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Visualization and Mathematics III

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Emmer, M. (2003). Films: A Communicating Tool for Mathematics. In: Hege, HC., Polthier, K. (eds) Visualization and Mathematics III. Mathematics and Visualization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05105-4_21

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