using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics
- Byers, William
- Princeton University Press. Princeton (New Jersey), 2007
To many outsiders, mathematicians appear to think like computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic and moving methodically - even algorithmically - from one black-and-white deduction to another. Yet mathematicians often describe their most important breakthroughs as creative, intuitive responses to ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox ...