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Engineering, Mathematics Communication, and Education: Reflections on a Personal Experience

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In 1995, I was invited to write a regular column on the general subject of the popularization of Science for the professional journal of the Portuguese Engineering Society, Ingenium.

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    Ingenium, Boletim da Ordem dos Engenheiros (Bulletin of the Portuguese Engineering Society). Available online at http://www.ordemengenheiros.pt.

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    Projecto Atractor. Available online at http://www.atractor.pt/mat/alg_controlo/index.htm.

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Buescu, J. (2013). Engineering, Mathematics Communication, and Education: Reflections on a Personal Experience. In: Damlamian, A., Rodrigues, J., Sträßer, R. (eds) Educational Interfaces between Mathematics and Industry. New ICMI Study Series, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02270-3_33

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