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Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning (Volume I)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 161
EAN: 9780691025094
ISBN: 0691025096
Label: Princeton University Press
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Date: August 03, 1990
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Studio: Princeton University Press
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Editorial Review:Here the author of How to Solve It explains how to become a "good guesser." Marked by G. Polya's simple, energetic prose and use of clever examples from a wide range of human activities, this two-volume work explores techniques of guessing, inductive reasoning, and reasoning by analogy, and the role they play in the most rigorous of deductive disciplines.
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Rating:  - Spock primer
If you have ever watched a star trek movie and seen Spock in action,then this is the book for you. Its all about logicical thinking when approaching problems in math.Excellent!
Rating:  - Good writing - good reading
The book delves deeply into logic and mathematical reasoning with quite a bit of intermediate math. While most of the chapters and concepts are mathematical Polya has skillfully made the reading easy and the concepts more universal. The book is really about thinking and looking at ideas with a clear light. Above all it's just good reading. Don't let the math scare you - there's lots of good stuff here.
Rating: - Be prepared to be amazed every few pages!
This book shows you how simple concepts when applied properly can lead to ingenious solutions. For example, the author's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem will leave you shocked by its amazing elegance. And, there are several of these throughout the book.
Read this book. It's money more than well spent.
Rating: - More Than A Math Book
To follow the book you don't need to be a matematician but it helps to remember this and that about integrals and differentals.
However, the book is more than a guide to mathematical reasoning - you can look at it as a guide to problem solving orriented thinking. I work as a business consultant and I could resist constantly thinking about business decision-making in the context of the book. I strongly recommend it to anybody with interest in management decision-making.
Rating: - At the very root of mathematical discovery
One of the most beautiful books on scientific discovery. Read this book and then keep it at bedside for sheer amusement. Analogies are frequently the key to a discovery, but it is rare that this essential step receives credit. Here there is a collection of them: some of the most beautiful. Perhaps the most famous is Bernoulli's solution of the brachistochrone problem, based on an analogy with the path of light in the atmosphere. But there are many others, with comments and analysis by Polya, who ... Read More
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