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001 2006033160
003 DLC
005 20080320163832.0
008 061004s2007 njua b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780691127385 (acid-free paper)
020 $a0691127387 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm73502041
035 $a(OCoLC)73502041
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050 00 $aBF456.N7$bB94 2007
082 00 $a510.92$222
100 1 $aByers, William,$d1943-
245 10 $aHow mathematicians think :$busing ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics /$cWilliam Byers.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2007.
300 $avii, 415 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 399-405) and index.
505 00 $tAcknowledgments --$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.
650 0 $aMathematicians$xPsychology.
650 0 $aMathematics$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aMathematics$xPhilosophy.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006033160.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006033160-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2006033160-b.html