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The mathematician's brain / David Ruelle.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: ix, 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691129822 (cl : acidfree paper)
  • 0691129827 (cl : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510 22
LOC classification:
  • QA8.4 .R84 2007
Other classification:
  • 30.00
Contents:
Scientific Thinking -- What Is Mathematics? -- The Erlangen Program -- Mathematics and Ideologies -- The Unity of Mathematics -- A Glimpse into Algebraic Geometry and Arithmetic -- A Trip to Nancy with Alexander Grothendieck -- Structures -- The 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 -- The Circle Theorem and an Infinite-Dimensional Labyrinth -- Mistake! -- The Smile of Mona Lisa -- Tinkering and the Construction of Mathematical Theories -- The Strategy of Mathematical Invention -- Mathematical Physics and Emergent Behavior -- The Beauty of Mathematics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-156) and index.

Scientific Thinking -- What Is Mathematics? -- The Erlangen Program -- Mathematics and Ideologies -- The Unity of Mathematics -- A Glimpse into Algebraic Geometry and Arithmetic -- A Trip to Nancy with Alexander Grothendieck -- Structures -- The 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 -- The Circle Theorem and an Infinite-Dimensional Labyrinth -- Mistake! -- The Smile of Mona Lisa -- Tinkering and the Construction of Mathematical Theories -- The Strategy of Mathematical Invention -- Mathematical Physics and Emergent Behavior -- The Beauty of Mathematics.

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