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.
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