The Mathematician's Mind de Jacques Hadamard - 1996-09-30

Princeton University Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 143 pp. The book is clean with a square, tight, binding and bright , white pages. The book has a previous owner's name, date and place ffep. Notes on title page referencing page number, tidy underlining and margin notes throughout. Fifty years ago when Jacques Hadamard set out to explore how mathematicians invent new ideas, he considered the creative experiences of some of the greatest thinkers of his generation, such as George Polya, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and Albert Einstein. It appeared that inspiration could strike anytime, particularly after an individual had worked hard on a problem for days and then turned attention to another activity. In exploring this phenomenon, Hadamard produced one of the most famous and cogent cases for the existence of unconscious mental processes in mathematical invention and other forms of creativity. Written before the explosion of research in computers and cognitive science, his book, originally titled… Leer más

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. Paperback with a few light marks to page block. No other faults, clean throughout. AD. Paperback. Very Good. Used.

Paperback / softback. New. Explores the complex problem of mental life. This book argues that the roots of creativity for lie not in consciousness, but in the long unconscious work of incubation, and in the unconscious aesthetic selection of ideas that thereby pass into consciousness.

Princeton Univ Pr, 1996. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 143 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Explores the complex problem of mental life. This book argues that the roots of creativity for lie not in consciousness, but in the long unconscious work of incubation, and in the unconscious aesthetic selection of ideas that thereby pass into consciousness.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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Princeton University Press, 1996-10-19. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Princeton University Press, 1996-09-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!