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Ruelle, David.

The mathematician's brain / David Ruelle. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007. - ix, 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-156) and index.

Scientific Thinking -- What Is Mathematics? -- Erlangen Program -- Mathematics and Ideologies -- Unity of Mathematics -- Glimpse into Algebraic Geometry and Arithmetic -- Trip to Nancy with Alexander Grothendieck -- Structures -- Computer and the Brain -- Mathematical Texts -- Honors -- Infinity: The Smoke Screen of the Gods -- Foundations -- Structures and Concept Creation -- Turing's Apple -- Mathematical Invention: Psychology and Aesthetics -- Circle Theorem and an Infinite-Dimensional Labyrinth -- Mistake! -- Smile of Mona Lisa -- Tinkering and the Construction of Mathematical Theories -- Strategy of Mathematical Invention -- Mathematical Physics and Emergent Behavior -- Beauty of Mathematics. The The A A The The The The The

ISBN: 9780691129822 (cl : acidfree paper) 0691129827 (cl : acidfree paper)

LCCN: 2006049700

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA747334 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013772705 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mathematics--Philosophy.
Mathematicians--Psychology.

LC Class. No.: QA8.4 / .R84 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 510