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Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, V1-2: Induction and Analogy in Mathematics, Patterns of Plausible Inference
Polya, George
- GenresMathematicsNonfiction
494 pages, Paperback
First published July 21, 2012
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January 7, 2015
I have only read Volume II, so I have read without "the accumulation of mathematical experience with induction and analogy provided in Volume I," and also I have no personal accumulation of math or reasoning! However, the author, George Polya, is an amazing writer, so full of enthusiasm and writing with such lively cadence and vocabulary, that the book was a joy to read. I add: I understood very little, but enjoyed, for example, the explanation of raindrops falling on a surface.
This book has so much potential for metaphor in it, and such fun language for those of us not familiar with maths, that I hope I can find Volume I. I decided after reading it, that I would do redactions of it, which would open the book up to other, non-math interpretations. The most recent redact, using only words, in order, from the book, is on the subject of collecting.
This book has so much potential for metaphor in it, and such fun language for those of us not familiar with maths, that I hope I can find Volume I. I decided after reading it, that I would do redactions of it, which would open the book up to other, non-math interpretations. The most recent redact, using only words, in order, from the book, is on the subject of collecting.
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