Hadamard, Jacques, 1865-1963.

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.

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Mathematics--Philosophy.
Mathematicians--Psychology.

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