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The mathematician's mind : the psychology of invention in the mathematical field /
Fifty years ago when Jacques Hadamard set out to explore how mathematicians invent new ideas, he considered the creative experiences of some of the greatest thinkers of his generation, such as George Polya, Claude Levi-Strauss, and Albert Einstein. It appeared that inspiration could strike anytime,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1996.
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| Colección: | Princeton science library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Fifty years ago when Jacques Hadamard set out to explore how mathematicians invent new ideas, he considered the creative experiences of some of the greatest thinkers of his generation, such as George Polya, Claude Levi-Strauss, and Albert Einstein. It appeared that inspiration could strike anytime, particularly after an individual had worked hard on a problem for days and then turned attention to another activity. In exploring this phenomenon, Hadamard produced one of the most famous and cogent cases for the existence of unconscious mental processes in mathematical invention and other forms of creativity. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: An essay on the psychology of invention in the mathematical field. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1945. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 143 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780691212906 0691212902 |