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Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
vii, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
To many outsiders, mathematicians appear to think like computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic and moving methodically-even algorithmically-from one black-and-white deduction to another. Yet mathematicians often describe their most important breakthroughs as creative, intuitive responses to ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox. A unique examination of this less-familiar aspect of mathematics, How Mathematicians Think reveals that...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
x, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world?
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