Description

Book Synopsis
Explores the complex problem of mental life. This book argues that the roots of creativity for lie not in consciousness, but in the long unconscious work of incubation, and in the unconscious aesthetic selection of ideas that thereby pass into consciousness.

Table of Contents
Preface to the Paperback EditionForewordIntroductionIGeneral Views and Inquiries1IIDiscussions on Unconsciousness21IIIThe Unconscious and Discovery29IVThe Preparation Stage. Logic and Chance43VThe Later Conscious Work56VIDiscovery as a Synthesis. The Help of Signs64VIIDifferent Kinds of Mathematical Minds100VIIIParadoxical Cases of Intuition116IXThe General Direction of Research124Final Remarks133App. I137App. II142

The Mathematicians Mind

    Product form

    £22.50

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £25.00 – you save £2.50 (10%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Thu 6 Aug 2026.

    A Paperback / softback by Jacques Hadamard

    1 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of The Mathematicians Mind by Jacques Hadamard

      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/10/1996
      ISBN13: 9780691029313, 978-0691029313
      ISBN10: 0691029318

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the complex problem of mental life. This book argues that the roots of creativity for lie not in consciousness, but in the long unconscious work of incubation, and in the unconscious aesthetic selection of ideas that thereby pass into consciousness.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the Paperback EditionForewordIntroductionIGeneral Views and Inquiries1IIDiscussions on Unconsciousness21IIIThe Unconscious and Discovery29IVThe Preparation Stage. Logic and Chance43VThe Later Conscious Work56VIDiscovery as a Synthesis. The Help of Signs64VIIDifferent Kinds of Mathematical Minds100VIIIParadoxical Cases of Intuition116IXThe General Direction of Research124Final Remarks133App. I137App. II142

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account