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Visual thinking in mathematics : an epistemological study /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giaquinto, M. (Marcus)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Visual perception.
Information visualization.
Geometry.
Arithmetic.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Simple shapes : vision and concepts
  • Basic geometrical knowledge
  • Geometrical discovery by visualizing
  • Diagrams in geogmetric proofs
  • Mental number lines
  • Visual aspects of calculation
  • General theorems from specific images
  • Visual thinking in basic analysis
  • Symbol manipulation
  • Cognition of structure
  • Mathematical thinking : algebraic v. geometric?