How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691145990ISBN-10:691145997UPC:9780691145990Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & PhilosophySize:9.10 x 6.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC6VY191A3
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 responses to ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox. A unique examination of this less-familiar...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691145990ISBN-10:691145997UPC:9780691145990Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & PhilosophySize:9.10 x 6.00 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC6VY191A3
William Byers is professor of mathematics at Concordia University in Montreal. He has published widely in mathematics journals.
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