TY  - BOOK
AU  - Byers,William
TI  - How mathematicians think: using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics 
SN  - 9780691127385 (acidfree paper)
AV  - BF456.N7 B94 2007
U1  - 510.92 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Mathematicians
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - 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
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