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La mente matematica

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Matematica e cultura 2007

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Negli ultimi anni sono stati pubblicati numerosi libri divulgativi sulla matematica. I migliori tra questi hanno aiutato il grande pubblico a capire come sono fatti i matematici e cosa fanno di professione. Ogni scienza ha la sua cultura e quella della matematica è abbastanza sui generis. Come ha detto Henri Poincaré: La matematica è quell’attività in cui la mente umana sembra assorbire di meno dal mondo esterno, in cui agisce o sembra agire da e per sè stessa, cosicché studiando il pensiero geometrico possiamo sperare di raggiungere ciò che è essenziale alla mente dell’uomo”.

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James, I. (2007). La mente matematica. In: Matematica e cultura 2007. Matematica e cultura. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0631-7_13

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