Euclid in the rainforest : discovering the universal truth in logic and math
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Euclid in the rainforest : discovering the universal truth in logic and math
AUTHOR:
Mazur, Joseph
ISBN:
9780452287839
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Plume, 2006
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xv, 334 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Originally published: New York: Pi, 2005.
ABSTRACT:
Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explore logic--the one indispensable tool in man's quest to understand the world. Mazur argues that logical reasoning is not purely robotic. At its most basic level, it is a creative process guided by our intuitions and beliefs about the world.
SUBJECT:
| Logic, Symbolic and mathematical |
| Mathematics -- Philosophy |
BIBSUMMARY:
Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explore logic--the one indispensable tool in man's quest to understand the world. Mazur argues that logical reasoning is not purely robotic. At its most basic level, it is a creative process guided by our intuitions and beliefs about the world.