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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, intuitive...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2010.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.