How To Solve It

A collection of practical lessons that demonstrates how the true mathematician learns to draw unexpected analogies tackle problems from unusual angles and extract information from the data.|A collection of practical lessons that demonstrates how the true mathematician learns to draw unexpected analogies tackle problems from unusual angles and extract information from the data.|George Polya (1887-1985) was a Professor of Mathematics a...|George Polya (1887-1985) was a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University.|The outcome of careful and informed deliberation by one of the great teachers among the ranks of research mathematicians|Walk inside Polya's mind as he builds up maxims on how to comprehend a problem how to build up a strategy and then how to test it . . . a superb book on how to think fresh thoughts