Representation and productive ambiguity in mathematics and the sciences /:

Emily Grosholz offers an original investigation of demonstration in mathematics and science, examining how it works and why it is persuasive. Focusing on geometrical demonstration, she shows the roles that representation and ambiguity play in mathematical discovery. She presents a wide range of case...

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1. Verfasser: Grosholz, Emily, 1950-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Zusammenfassung:Emily Grosholz offers an original investigation of demonstration in mathematics and science, examining how it works and why it is persuasive. Focusing on geometrical demonstration, she shows the roles that representation and ambiguity play in mathematical discovery. She presents a wide range of case studies in mechanics, topology, algebra, logic, and chemistry, from ancient Greece to the present day, but focusing particularly on the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. Anyone. interested in how mathematics works will find this a stimulating read. - ;Emily Grosholz offers an original investigat.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 313 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.
ISBN:9780191538513
0191538515
1281155373
9781281155375
9786611155377
6611155376
1435610164
9781435610163

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