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How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics /
"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, in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 responses to ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox. A unique examination of this less-familiar aspect of mathematics, How Mathematicians Think reveals that mathematics is a profoundly creative activity and not just a body of formalized rules and results."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 415 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-405) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400833955 1400833957 9786612531453 6612531452 128253145X 9781282531451 |