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020			_a9780691127385
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040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aBF456 _bB993 H 2007
100	1		_aByers, William, _9192412
245	1	0	_aHow mathematicians think : _busing ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / _cWilliam Byers.
260			_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2007.
300			_a415 p. : _bill.
505	0	0	_tAcknowledgments -- _tIntroduction : Turning on the light -- _tSection 1 : The light of ambiguity -- _tAmbiguity in mathematics -- _tThe contradictory in mathematics -- _tParadoxes and mathematics : infinity and the real numbers -- _tMore paradoxes of infinity : geometry, cardinality, and beyond -- _tSection 2 : The light as idea -- _tidea as an organizing principle -- _tIdeas, logic, and paradox -- _tGreat ideas -- _tSection 3 : The light and the eye of the beholder -- _ttruth of mathematics -- _tConclusion : is mathematics algorithmic or creative? -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex.
505	0	0	_tHKBU library
518			_aYT2025 M10
650		0	_aMathematicians _xPsychology. _9126110
650		0	_aMathematics _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aMathematics _xPhilosophy.
900			_a= C.1 SDU
942			_cGBE _2lcc
999			_c103737 _d103737