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Contributors.- General Introduction Alain Bernard and Christine Proust.- Part I: Holistic Approach.- The teaching context and reading from the 16th to the 19th centuries: The role of the memorization of texts in learning Anne-Marie Chartier.- Teaching and learning medicine and exorcism at Uruk during the Hellenistic period Philippe Clancier.- Part II: Critical Approach.- Does a master always write for his students? Some evidence from Old Babylonian scribal schools Christine Proust.- In what sense did Theon's commentary on the Almagest have a didactic purpose? Alain Bernard.- Part III: Comparative Approach.- Relationships between French "practical arithmetics" and teaching? Stephane Lamasse.- On the transmission of mathematical knowledge in versified form in China Andrea Breard.- Mathematical Progress or Mathematical Teaching? Bilingualism and Printing In European Renaissance Mathematics Giovanna C. Cifoletti.- Part IV: Zooming Approach.- Leonardo of Pisa and the Liber Abaci. Biographical elements and the project of the work Eva Caianiello.- Didactical Dimensions of Mathematical Problems: Weighted Distribution in a Vietnamese Mathematical Treatise Alexei Volkov.- Learning and Teaching Medicine in Late Imperial China Florence Bretelle-Establet.- Post Face.- On the sources of the historian of science from the perspective of a history of education Karine Chemla.- Index.

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