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This perennial best seller was written by an eminent mathematician, but it is a book for the general reader on how to think straight in any field. In lucid and appealing prose, it shows how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" outfrom building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have relished G. Polya's deft--indeed, brilliant--instructions on stripping away irrelevancies and going straight to the heart of the problem.

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I recommend it highly to any person who is seriously interested in finding out methods of solving problems, and who does not object to being entertained while he does it.
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ISBN:
9780691023564
Subtitle:
A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
Author:
Polya, Gyorgy
Author:
Polya, George
Publisher:
Princeton
Location:
Princeton, N.J. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Study and teaching
Subject:
History
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Mathematics
Subject:
Problems, exercises, etc.
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Advanced
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Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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History -- Philosophy.
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c195
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2
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references.
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Princeton Science Library
Series Volume:
v. 2
Publication Date:
19711101
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Paperback
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English
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Yes
Pages:
224
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