Induction and Analogy in Mathematics (Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning series)

Author(s): Polya, G

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Princeton University Press
Publication Year:	1973
Publication Place:	Princeton, New Jersey, USA
ISBN:	9780691080055
Book ID:	013305
Catalogue(s):	Science - Physics, Maths, Astronomy and Space Exploration ◇ Science - General

xvi, 280pp. In brown cloth boards with gilt titles on spine (cloth gently rounded at spine tips, small call label on spine). Clean and tidy ex library copy with marking restricted to front endpapers and small, discrete stamp on final page, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Explains how mathematics can be used in scientific research to demonstrate the value of hunches and guesses, and argues that good guesswork is often as important as rigorous deduction. 8vo.

Keywords:

Mathematics research