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_aByers, William, _d1943- _9116832 |
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_aHow mathematicians think : _busing ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / _cWilliam Byers. |
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_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2007. |
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_avii, 415 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 399-405) and index. | ||
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_tAcknowledgments -- _tIntroduction : Turning on the light -- _tSection 1 : The light of ambiguity -- _gch. 1. _tAmbiguity in mathematics -- _gch. 2. _tThe contradictory in mathematics -- _gch. 3. _tParadoxes and mathematics : infinity and the real numbers -- _gch. 4. _tMore paradoxes of infinity : geometry, cardinality, and beyond -- _tSection 2 : The light as idea -- _gch. 5. The _tidea as an organizing principle -- _gch. 6. _tIdeas, logic, and paradox -- _gch. 7. _tGreat ideas -- _tSection 3 : The light and the eye of the beholder -- _gch. 8. The _ttruth of mathematics -- _gch. 9. _tConclusion : is mathematics algorithmic or creative? -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex. |
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_aMathematicians _xPsychology. _9116833 |
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_aMathematics _xPhilosophy. _948963 |
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_aMathematics _xPsychological aspects. _9116834 |
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