Thinking Tools: You can Prove a negative

Steven D. Hales

doi:10.1017/S1477175600001287

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Thinking Tools is a regular feature that introduces tips and pointers on thinking clearly and rigorously.

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Think , Volume 4 , Issue 10 , Summer 2005 , pp. 109 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477175600001287

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