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The Mathematician's Mind : The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field
Overview
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 Levi-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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780691029313
- ISBN-10: 0691029318
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publish Date: October 1996
- Dimensions: 7.97 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.45 pounds
- Page Count: 168
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