TY  - BOOK
AU  - Byers,William
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - How mathematicians think: using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics 
SN  - 9780691145990 (pbk.) :
AV  - BF456.N7 B94 2010
U1  - 510.19 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Princeton, N.J., Oxford
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Mathematicians
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Popular Science and Mathematics
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Philosophy of mathematics
KW  - thema
KW  - Mathematical foundations
KW  - History of mathematics
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Originally published: 2007; Includes bibliographical references and index; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - 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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ER  -