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Deep thinking : what mathematics can teach us about the mind /

There is more than one way to think. Most people are familiar with the systematic, rule-based thinking that one finds in a mathematical proof or a computer program. But such thinking does not produce breakthroughs in mathematics and science nor is it the kind of thinking that results in significant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byers, William, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: smart people or smart machines?
  • What is deep thinking?
  • Conceptual systems
  • Deep thinking in mathematics and science
  • Deep thinking in the mind and the brain
  • Deep thinking and creativity 99
  • Deep learning
  • Good teaching
  • Undergraduate mathematics
  • What the mind can teach us about mathematics
  • What mathematics can teach us about the mind.