Cargando…
Springs of scientific creativity : essays on founders of modern science /
Springs of Scientific Creativity was first published in 1983. Mathematician Henri Poincaré was boarding a bus when he realized that the transformations of non-Euclidian geometry were just those he needed in his research on the theory of functions. He did not have to interrupt his conversation, stil...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©1983.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Springs of Scientific Creativity was first published in 1983. Mathematician Henri Poincaré was boarding a bus when he realized that the transformations of non-Euclidian geometry were just those he needed in his research on the theory of functions. He did not have to interrupt his conversation, still less to verify the equation in detail; his insight was complete at that point. Poincaré's insight into his own creativity -- his awareness that preliminary cogitation and the working of the subconscious had prepared his mind for an intuitive flash of recognition -- is just one of many possible anal. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) : facsimiles, illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435606227 1435606221 9780816655274 0816655278 |