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Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning: Induction and analogy in mathematics
Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press (1954)
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Here the author of How to Solve It explains how to become a "good guesser." Marked by G. Polya's simple, energetic prose and use of clever examples from a wide range of human activities, this two-volume work explores techniques of guessing, inductive reasoning, and reasoning by analogy, and the role they play in the most rigorous of deductive disciplines.Other Versions
| original | Pólya, George (1968) "Mathematics and plausible reasoning". Princeton University Press |
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