How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics.

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To many outsiders, mathematicians appear to think like computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic and moving methodically--even algorithmically--from one black-and-white deduction to another. Yet mathematicians often describe their most important breakthroughs as creative, intuitive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byers, William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Mathematicians > Psychology.
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Mathematics > Psychological aspects.
Mathématiciens > Psychologie.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Mathématiques > Aspect psychologique.
Mathematicians > Psychology
Mathematics > Philosophy
Mathematics > Psychological aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Turning on the Light; SECTION I: THE LIGHT OF AMBIGUITY; SECTION II: THE LIGHT AS IDEA; SECTION III: THE LIGHT AND THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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