Marcus Giaquinto (92 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. x,287. 594 grams. First Edition. Jacket shows mild ordinary shelfwear but remains fully intact. The book's spine is cocked; this could be repaired. Dust at the top edge. Otherwise as new. Bound in black cloth, with stamped gold lettering to the spine. If you order this from outside the United States, we will almost certainly request an additional payment to help cover the postage. Please feel welcome to message us with any questions, or a request for photographs. Every order includes tracking and is wrapped and robustly packaged with care in Tucson, AZ. ~Mesquite Booksellers.…

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Softcover. Condition: ex library-very good. viii, 286 p. 24 cm. Paperback. Ex library with labels on spine and front cover, ink stamps on top edge and title.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. This book is in great condition and like new. The dust jacket has faint shelf wear, otherwise it is in great condition and now in a protective mylar cover.

Soft cover. Condition: As New.

Condition: New. Marcus Giaquinto presents an investigation into the different kinds of visual thinking involved in mathematical thought, drawing on work in cognitive psychology, philosophy, and mathematics. He argues that mental images and physical diagrams are rarely just superfluous aids: they are often a means of discovery, understanding, and even proof. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434. . 2011. Reprint. paperback. . . . .…

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book with stickers and/or stamps throughout.

Paperback. Condition: New. Visual thinking - visual imagination or perception of diagrams and symbol arrays, and mental operations on them - is omnipresent in mathematics. Is this visual thinking merely a psychological aid, facilitating grasp of what is gathered by other means? Or does it also have epistemological functions, as a means of discovery, understanding, and even proof? By examining the many kinds of visual representation in mathematics and the diverse ways in which they are used, Marcus Giaquinto argues that visual thinking in mathematics is rarely just a superfluous aid; it usually has epistemological value, often as a means of discovery. Drawing from philosophical work on the nature of concepts and from empirical studies of visual perception, mental imagery, and numerical cognition, Giaquinto explores a major source of our grasp of mathematics, using examples from basic geometry, arithmetic, algebra, and real analysis. He shows how we can discern abstract general truths by means of specific images, how synthetic a priori knowledge is possible, and how visual means can help us grasp abstract structures.Visual Thinking in Mathematics reopens the investigation of earlier thinkers from Plato to Kant into the nature and epistemology of an individual's basic mathematical beliefs and abilities, in the new light shed by the maturing cognitive sciences. Clear and concise throughout, it will appeal to scholars and students of philosophy, mathematics, and psychology, as well as anyone with an interest in mathematical thinking.…

Condition: New. Marcus Giaquinto presents an investigation into the different kinds of visual thinking involved in mathematical thought, drawing on work in cognitive psychology, philosophy, and mathematics. He argues that mental images and physical diagrams are rarely just superfluous aids: they are often a means of discovery, understanding, and even proof. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434. . 2011. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Condition: New. In English.

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Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 1. publ. 286 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. 019875244X Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1150.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 1. publ. 286 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. 019875244X Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1150.

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Hardcover Aug 23, 2007. Condition: gebraucht; wie neu. Hardcover Leinen mit Schutzumschlag, ungebraucht.

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Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Condition: New. The nineteenth century saw a movement to make higher mathematics rigorous.This seemed to be on the brink of success when it was thrown into confusionby the discovery of the class paradoxes. That initiated a period of intenseresearch into the foundations of mathematics, and with it the birth ofmathematical logic and a new, sharper debate in the philosophy ofmathematics. The Search for Certainty examines this foundational endeavour from thediscovery of the paradoxes to the present. Focusing on Russell's logicistprogramme and Hilbert's finitist programme, Giaquinto investigates howsuccessful they were and how successful they could be. These questions areset in the context of a clear, non-technical exposition and assessment ofthe most important discoveries in mathematical logic, above all Gödel'sunderivability theorems.More than six decades after those discoveries, Giaquinto asks what ourpresent perspective should be on the question of certainty in mathematics.Taking recent developments into account, he gives reasons for asurprisingly positive response.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

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