Visual thinking in mathematics : an epistemological study / M. Giaquinto.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0199285942
- 9780199285945
- 510 22
- QA8.4 .G534 2007
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?
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 510 GIA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A442154B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index.
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?
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