How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / William Byers.

By:

Byers, William, 1943-

Contributor(s):

ProQuest (Firm)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2010.Description: vii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780691145990 (pbk.) :

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

510.19 22

LOC classification:

BF456.N7 B94 2010

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Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Ebook	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online	eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	510.92 BYE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		205582

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.