How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics /
Byers, William, 1943-
How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / William Byers. - Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2010. - vii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
To many outsiders, mathematicians appear to think like computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic and moving methodically from one black-and-white deduction to another. This text reveals that mathematics is a profoundly creative activity and not just a body of formalised rules and results.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780691145990 (pbk.) : No price
Mathematicians--Psychology
Mathematics--Psychological aspects
Mathematics--Philosophy
Popular Science and Mathematics.
Philosophy of mathematics
Mathematical foundations
History of mathematics
Electronic books.
BF456.N7 / B94 2010
510.19
How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / William Byers. - Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2010. - vii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
To many outsiders, mathematicians appear to think like computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic and moving methodically from one black-and-white deduction to another. This text reveals that mathematics is a profoundly creative activity and not just a body of formalised rules and results.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780691145990 (pbk.) : No price
Mathematicians--Psychology
Mathematics--Psychological aspects
Mathematics--Philosophy
Popular Science and Mathematics.
Philosophy of mathematics
Mathematical foundations
History of mathematics
Electronic books.
BF456.N7 / B94 2010
510.19