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

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...

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Main Author: Byers, William
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Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
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