# The Meaning of Proofs

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- Book: [The Meaning of Proofs](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabriele-lolli/the-meaning-of-proofs) ([The Meaning of Proofs.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabriele-lolli/the-meaning-of-proofs.md))
- Authors: [Gabriele Lolli](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabriele-lolli), [Matilde Marcolli](https://www.bookquiver.com/matilde-marcolli), [Bonnie Mcclellan-Broussard](https://www.bookquiver.com/bonnie-mcclellan-broussard)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6254-426-9
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2022-09-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Why mathematics is not merely formulaic: an argument that to write a mathematical proof is tantamount to inventing a story. In The Meaning of Proofs, mathematician Gabriele Lolli argues that to write...