The Mathematician's Mind
by Hadamard, Jacques
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0691029318
- ISBN 13
- 9780691029313
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About This Item
Princeton University Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 143 pp. The book is clean with a square, tight, binding and bright , white pages. The book has a previous owner's name, date and place ffep. Notes on title page referencing page number, tidy underlining and margin notes throughout. Fifty years ago when Jacques Hadamard set out to explore how mathematicians invent new ideas, he considered the creative experiences of some of the greatest thinkers of his generation, such as George Polya, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and Albert Einstein. It appeared that inspiration could strike anytime, particularly after an individual had worked hard on a problem for days and then turned attention to another activity. In exploring this phenomenon, Hadamard produced one of the most famous and cogent cases for the existence of unconscious mental processes in mathematical invention and other forms of creativity. Written before the explosion of research in computers and cognitive science, his book, originally titled The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field, remains an important tool for exploring the increasingly complex problem of mental life.
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- Bookseller
- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024466
- Title
- The Mathematician's Mind
- Author
- Hadamard, Jacques
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0691029318
- ISBN 13
- 9780691029313
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, Nj
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 166
- Keywords
- Mathematics Philosophy Psychology Cognitive Science
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