https://www.thenegation.com/tags/mathematics/Recent content in Mathematics on The NegationHugoen-usSun, 10 Jun 2012 23:10:00 +0000https://www.thenegation.com/posts/unreasonable-revolutionary/Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:10:00 +0000https://www.thenegation.com/posts/unreasonable-revolutionary/<p><em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/192221.How_to_Solve_It">How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method</a></em> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P%C3%B3lya">George Pólya</a> provides a detailed and entertaining survey of general methods for problem solving, namely <em>heuristics</em>. I guess that most people dealing with mathematics in daily life have read this book.</p>https://www.thenegation.com/posts/abstraction-as-bread-and-butter/Sat, 19 May 2012 14:09:23 +0000https://www.thenegation.com/posts/abstraction-as-bread-and-butter/<p>I find the first pages of a book to be the most instructive ones for many reasons. When I look at a good book that I read many years ago, I still find those first pages more interesting and inspiring.</p>