The mathematician's mind : the psychology of invention in the mathematical field /
Jacques Hadamard.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1996.
- xix,143 p. ; 21cm. + pbk.
Originally published: An essay on the psychology of invention in the mathematical field. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1945.
Includes bibliographical references.
General views and inquiries -- Discussions on unconsciousness -- The unconscious and discovery -- The preparation stage, logic and chance -- The later conscious work -- Discovery as a synthesis, the help of signs -- Different kinds of mathematical minds -- Paradoxical cases of intuition -- The general direction of research.