http://www.math.cornell.edu/~mathclub/Media/thurston-proof-and-progress.pdf … Pulls together & articulates numerous valuable insights about what math is and how we do it.
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Hits all my usual themes about the nature of all activity: it is collaborative, improvisational, embodied, informal, intuitive, emotive, …
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http://www.math.cornell.edu/~mathclub/Media/thurston-proof-and-progress.pdf … states these themes clearly, with examples, in ways that cannot possibly be dismissed as woo.
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Ah. Afraid I don’t have or know of an overview. I can recommend books only, pretty much, and it would take half a dozen to >
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> cover that list of characteristics. Would that be helpful?
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OK… just a bunch of amazon links (for concision). These are things that influenced me—but most are 25-30 years old.
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I haven’t done a literature review since then, and there may be better, different stuff now. Suggestions welcome!
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