"We cannot expect to present at pre-university level the more abstract approaches to the definition[s]... of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. We... accept... that the natural numbers are 'given'... we do not need to define them. Our pupils will discover ways in which numbers relate to the real world for themselves—all we have to do is to provide the environment in which this can happen easily and effectively."
January 1, 1970
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