TY - BOOK AU - Giaquinto,M. TI - Visual thinking in mathematics: an epistemological study SN - 0199285942 AV - QA8.4 .G534 2007 U1 - 510 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Mathematics KW - Philosophy KW - Visual perception KW - Information visualization KW - Geometry KW - Arithmetic N1 - 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? ER -