Giaquinto, Marcus

Visual thinking in mathematics an epistemological study / [Texte imprimé] : M. Giaquinto - Oxford : Oxford University Press, impr. 2010 - 1 vol. (287 p.) ; 24 cm

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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 ?

978-0-19-928594-5

Mathematics / Philosophy Visual perception Information visualization Geometry Arithmetic

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