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010			_a 2006033160
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016	7		_a013745985 _2Uk
020			_a9780691127385 (hbk.)
020			_a0691127387 (hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm73502041
035			_a(OCoLC)73502041
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dSUE
050	0	0	_aBF456.N7 _bB94 2007
082	0	0	_a510.92 _222 _bBYE 2007
100	1		_aByers, William, _d1943- _922940
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	_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. _922941
650		0	_aMathematics _xPsychological aspects. _922942
650		0	_aMathematics _xPhilosophy. _922943
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006033160.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006033160-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2006033160-b.html
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