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035			_a(Sirsi) li0691127387
035			_a(OCoLC)73502041
037			_bPrinceton Univ Pr, California Princeton Fulfillment Center 1445 Lower Ferry rd, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08618 SAN 630-639X
050	0	0	_aBF456.N7 _bB94 2007
082	0	0	_a510.92 _222
092			_a510.92 _bB993h
100	1		_aByers, William, _d1943-
245	1	0	_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	0		_aAcknowledgments -- 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. onclusion : is mathematics algorithmic or creative? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
650		0	_aMathematicians _xPsychology.
650		0	_aMathematics _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aMathematics _xPhilosophy.
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856	4	1	_zTable of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006033160.html
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