How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / Willi...
How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / Willi...
How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / William Byers.
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Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N510.92/24
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English
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vii. 415 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction : turning on the light -- Ch. 1. Ambiguity in mathematics -- Ch. 2. The contradictory in mathematics -- Ch. 3. Paradoxes and mathematics : infinity and the real numbers -- Ch. 4. More paradoxes of infinity : geometry, cardinality, and beyond -- Ch. 5. The idea as an organizing principle...
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Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
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New Jersey
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2007.
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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 responses to ambiguity, contradiction, and para...
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How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / William Byers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N510.92/24
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74VK7ldg0Vx3
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0691127387 (hbk.) :
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510.92
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991022982439702626
