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André Weil (left, in 1956) and Simone Weil (in 1922) were siblings who became prominent in mathematics and philosophy, respectively. Konrad Jacobs (right) and Anonymous (left) via Wikimedia Commons

The mystic and the mathematician: What the towering 20th-century thinkers Simone and André Weil can teach today’s math educators

Scott Taylor, Colby College

André Weil was a mathematician. His sister Simone Weil was a philosopher. They both thought deeply about the nature and value of mathematics and mathematics education.

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