The mathematician's mind
Subtitle: the psychology of invention in the mathematical field
By: Jacques Hadamard.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Mathematics -- Philosophy.; Mathematicians -- Psychology.
Other titles: Psychology of invention in the mathematical field
Description: Fifty years ago when Jacques Hadamard set out to explore how mathematicians invent new ideas, he considered the creative experiences of some of the greatest thinkers of his generation, such as George Polya, Claude Levi-Strauss, and Albert Einstein. It appeared that inspiration could strike anytime, particularly after an individual had worked hard on a problem for days and then turned attention to another activity.

In exploring this phenomenon, Hadamard produced one of the most famous and cogent cases for the existence of unconscious mental processes in mathematical invention and other forms of creativity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published: An essay on the psychology of invention in the mathematical field. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1945.