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

By:

Byers, William, 1943-

Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: vii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780691127385 (acidfree paper)
0691127387 (acid-free paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

510.92 22

LOC classification:

BF456.N7 B94 2007

Online resources:

Contents:

The contradictory in mathematics -- ch. 3. Paradoxes and mathematics : infinity and the real numbers -- ch. 4. More paradoxes of infinity : geometry, cardinality, and beyond -- Section 2 : The light as idea -- ch. 5. The idea as an organizing principle -- ch. 6. Ideas, logic, and paradox -- ch. 7. Great ideas -- Section 3 : The light and the eye of the beholder -- ch. 8. The truth of mathematics -- ch. 9. Conclusion : is mathematics algorithmic or creative? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 2 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	BF456 .N7 B94 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001028280

Browsing NMC Library shelves, Shelving location: Stacks Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	BF455 .H2713 2014 The psychology of language : from data to theory /	BF455 .R829 2012 Becoming a critical thinker /	BF455 .S53 Verbal behavior /	BF456 .N7 B94 2007 How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics /	BF456 .R2 W65 2018 Reader, come home : the reading brain in a digital world /	BF456 .R2 W65 2019 Reader, come home : the reading brain in a digital world /	BF458 .F56 1994 The secret language of symbols : a visual key to symbols and their meanings /	Next

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-405) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Turning on the light -- Section 1 : The light of ambiguity -- ch. 1. Ambiguity in mathematics -- ch. 2. The contradictory in mathematics -- ch. 3. Paradoxes and mathematics : infinity and the real numbers -- ch. 4. More paradoxes of infinity : geometry, cardinality, and beyond -- Section 2 : The light as idea -- ch. 5. The idea as an organizing principle -- ch. 6. Ideas, logic, and paradox -- ch. 7. Great ideas -- Section 3 : The light and the eye of the beholder -- ch. 8. The truth of mathematics -- ch. 9. Conclusion : is mathematics algorithmic or creative? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.