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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Byers, William
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Mathematicians > Psychology.
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Mathematics > Psychological aspects.
Mathématiciens > Psychologie.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Mathématiques > Aspect psychologique.
Mathematicians > Psychology
Mathematics > Philosophy
Mathematics > Psychological aspects
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