Visual thinking in mathematics
Subtitle: an epistemological study
By: M. Giaquinto.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199285945
Subjects: Mathematics -- Phylosophy; Visual perception; Information visualization; Geometry; Arithmetic
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Simple shapes; title: Basic geometrical knowledge; title: Geometrical discovery by visualizing; title: Diagrams in geogmetric proofs; title: Mental number lines; title: Visual aspects of calculation; title: General theorems from specific images; title: Visual thinking in basic analysis; title: Symbol manipulation; title: Cognition of structure; title: Mathematical thinking.