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How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics, (Paperback)
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How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics, (Paperback)
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from kukulaj
Ach, I really wanted to give this five stars. Byers does a great job of showing how ambiguity and paradox are at the core of what mathematics is about. Of course it is also a paradox that mathematics is paradoxical, because mathematics is the prime example of a discipline where paradox has been b...
from FPdC
Here we have one of those important books we should approach with some care and about which I am somewhat divided (or, should I say, ambiguous...). The main argument of the book, as the subtitle clearly points out, is how do people (and, in particular, mathematicians) use "ambiguity, contradictio...
from SpaceyAcey
Uses more words than necessary to explain his ideas. I kind of understand what he's trying to say but not really. I'm sure there is a more eloquent way to convey his ideas.
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