Visual thinking in mathematics an epistemological study
Drawing from philosophical work on the nature of concepts and from empirical studies of visual perception, mental imagery, and numerical cognition, Giaquinto explores a major source of our grasp of mathematics, using examples from basic geometry arithmetic, algebra, and real analysis
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
2007, 2007
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Drawing from philosophical work on the nature of concepts and from empirical studies of visual perception, mental imagery, and numerical cognition, Giaquinto explores a major source of our grasp of mathematics, using examples from basic geometry arithmetic, algebra, and real analysis |
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| Physical Description: | 287 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780191713811 0191713813 |