Mathematics and common sense : a case of creative tension /: a case of creative tension. (©2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Philip J. Davis.
• Other Names: Davis, Philip J, 1923-2018
• Contents: What is mathematics? Mathematics and common sense : relations and contrasts -- How common sense impacts mathematical reasoning : some very simple problems -- Where is mathematical knowledge lodged, and where does it come from? -- What is mathematical intuition? -- Are people hard-wired to do mathematics? -- Why counting is impossible -- Quantification in today's world -- When should one add two numbers? -- Category dilemmas -- Deductive mathematics -- Mathematics brings forth entities whose existence is counterintuitive -- "In principle we can?" : mathematical existentialism -- Mathematical proof and its discontents -- The logic of mathematics can spawn monsters -- Rules and their exceptions -- If mathematics says "no" does it really mean it? -- Inconsistencies and their virtues -- On ambiguity in mathematics -- Mathematical evidence : why i believe a theorem -- Simplicity, complexity, beauty -- The decline and resurgence of the visual in mathematics -- When is a problem solved? -- What is meant by the word "random"? -- The paradox of "hitting it big" -- Probability and common sense : a second look -- Astrology as early applied mathematics -- Mumbo math -- Math mixes it up with baseball -- Mickey flies the stealth: mathematics, war and entertainment -- The media and mathematics look at each other -- Platonism vs. social constructivism -- Mathematics at the razor's edge.
• Publisher Details: Wellesley, Mass : A.K. Peters
• Publication Date: 2006
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xlvi, 242 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 511.3 D263; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical -- Methodology; Reasoning; Common sense; Knowledge, Theory of; Common sense; Knowledge, Theory of; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical -- Methodology; Reasoning; MATHEMATICS -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439864326; 1439864322
• Related ISBNs: 1568812701; 9781568812700
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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