title: Mathematics, Second Edition (3 Volume Set): Its Content, Methods, and Meaning
author: A. D. Aleksandrov
description: "The high quality of exposition, the unparalleled breadth, and the emphasis on concept rather than proof for proof's sake should do much to raise the level of mathematical literacy everywhere."<br />  <b>Roger S. Pinkham</b>, <i>American Scientist</i><br /><br />"This unique work presents the amazing panorama of mathematics proper. It is the best answer in print to what mathematics contains both on the elementary and advanced levels."<br /> Morris Kline, New York University
zlib_text: Alexander A. Roytvarf
  Thinking in Problems
  How Mathematicians Find Creative Solutions
  
  Alexander A. Roytvarf
  Rishon LeZion, Israel
  ISBN 978-0-8176-8405-1
  ISBN 978-0-8176-8406-8 (eBook)
  DOI 10.1007/978-0-8176-8406-8
  Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London
  Library of Congress Control Number: 2012950315
  Mathematics Subject Classiﬁcation (2010): 97H10, 97I10, 97K20, 97K50, 97K60, 97K80, 97M50
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