- Unknown Binding: 174 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press (1987)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0007BFT4O
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One should start right off admitting that this is a book about different approaches to what a mathematical proof is and should be. However, for some weird reason, it is hard to put down - more fun and fascinating than seems credible. It is dramatized, but still - in rather donnish style and all the characters (a teacher and a bunch of students) are named after letters of the Greek alphabet. In short, an anomoly - but one you must read.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Definitions, examples, theorems, proofs -- they all seem so
inevitable. But how did they come to be that way? What is
the role of counterexamples? Why are some definitions so
peculiar? What good are proofs?
inevitable. But how did they come to be that way? What is
the role of counterexamples? Why are some definitions so
peculiar? What good are proofs?
In this brilliant and deep -- yet easy to read -- book,
Lakatos shows how mathematicians explore concepts; how their
ideas can develop over time; and how misleading the "textbook"
presentation of math really is.
Fascinating for anyone who has seen mathematical proofs
(even high-school Euclidean geometry) and essential for
anyone studying mathematics at any level.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Probably the best philosophical book I have read. The book is both deep in its ideas, yet easy to read and comprehend.
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