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050	0	0	_aBF456.N7 _bB94 2007
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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	0	_aAcknowledgments -- Introduction : Turning on the light -- Section 1 : The light of ambiguity -- ch. 1. Ambiguity in mathematics -- ch. 2. _tThe 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.
650		0	_aMathematicians _xPsychology.
650		0	_aMathematics _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aMathematics _xPhilosophy.
856	4	1	_zTable of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006033160.html
856	4	2	_zPublisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006033160-d.html
856	4	2	_zContributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2006033160-b.html
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