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Visual thinking in mathematics : an epistemological study /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giaquinto, M. (Marcus)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 2007.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Visual perception.
Information visualization.
Geometry.
Arithmetic.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
Perception visuelle.
Visualisation de l'information.
Géométrie.
Arithmétique.
visual perception.
geometry.
arithmetic.
Arithmetic
Geometry
Information visualization
Mathematics > Philosophy
Visual perception
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191713811
0191713813
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9781281154200
9786611154202
6611154205
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9781435623590
9780199285945
0199285942