9783319932538

Ahmes' Legacy

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9783319932538

Hardcover|9783319932538


Overview

This book looks at classic puzzles from the perspective of their structures and what they tell us about the brain. It uses the work on the neuroscience of mathematics from Dehaene, Butterworth, Lakoff, Núñez, and many others as a lens to understand the ways in which puzzles reflect imaginative processes blended with rational ones. The book is not about recreational or puzzle-based mathematics in and of itself but rather about what the classic puzzles tell us about the mathematical imagination and its impact on the discipline. It delves into the history of classic math puzzles, deconstructing their raison d'être and describing their psychological features, so that their nature can be fleshed out in order to help understand the mathematical mind.

This volume is the first monographic treatment of the psychological nature of puzzles in mathematics. With its user-friendly technical level of discussion, it is of interest to both general readers and those who engage in the disciplines of mathematics, psychology, neuroscience, and/or anthropology. It is also ideal as a textbook source for courses in recreational mathematics, or as reference material in introductory college math courses. 

ISBN-13

9783319932538

ISBN-10

3319932535

Weight

0.80 Pounds

Dimensions

6.14 x 0.44 x 9.21 In

List Price

$109.99

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

xiii, 164 pages

Publisher

Springer

Published On

2018-08-21



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