How Long to Read How Mathematicians Think

How Long Does it Take to Read How Mathematicians Think?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read How Mathematicians Think by William Byers

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

To many outsiders, mathematicians appear to think like computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic and moving methodically--even algorithmically--from one black-and-white deduction to another. Yet mathematicians often describe their most important breakthroughs as creative, intuitive responses to ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox. A unique examination of this less-familiar aspect of mathematics, How Mathematicians Think reveals that mathematics is a profoundly creative activity and not just a body of formalized rules and results. Nonlogical qualities, William Byers shows, play an essential role in mathematics. Ambiguities, contradictions, and paradoxes can arise when ideas developed in different contexts come into contact. Uncertainties and conflicts do not impede but rather spur the development of mathematics. Creativity often means bringing apparently incompatible perspectives together as complementary aspects of a new, more subtle theory. The secret of mathematics is not to be found only in its logical structure. The creative dimensions of mathematical work have great implications for our notions of mathematical and scientific truth, and How Mathematicians Think provides a novel approach to many fundamental questions. Is mathematics objectively true? Is it discovered or invented? And is there such a thing as a "final" scientific theory? Ultimately, How Mathematicians Think shows that the nature of mathematical thinking can teach us a great deal about the human condition itself.

How long is How Mathematicians Think?

How Mathematicians Think by William Byers is 424 pages long, and a total of 107,696 words.

This makes it 143% the length of the average book. It also has 132% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How Mathematicians Think Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 48 minutes to read How Mathematicians Think aloud.

What Reading Level is How Mathematicians Think?

How Mathematicians Think is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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