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Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, Volume 1
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Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, Volume 1 : Induction and Analogy in Mathematics

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0691025096
ISBN-13 9780691025094
Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Aug 23rd, 1990
Print length 298 Pages
Weight 442 grams
Dimensions 15.80 x 23.60 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification: Philosophy of mathematics
Ksh 7,200.00
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Explains how to become a 'good guesser'. This work explores techniques of guessing, inductive reasoning, and reasoning by analogy, and the role they play in the most rigorous of deductive disciplines.

A guide to the practical art of plausible reasoning, this book has relevance in every field of intellectual activity. Professor Polya, a world-famous mathematician from Stanford University, uses mathematics to show how hunches and guesses play an important part in even the most rigorously deductive science. He explains how solutions to problems can be guessed at; good guessing is often more important than rigorous deduction in finding correct solutions. Vol. I, on Induction and Analogy in Mathematics, covers a wide variety of mathematical problems, revealing the trains of thought that lead to solutions, pointing out false bypaths, discussing techniques of searching for proofs. Problems and examples challenge curiosity, judgment, and power of invention.


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