false 41240969 1842815 787845 0691025096 9780691025094 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178347373m/787845.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178347373s/787845.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/787845.Mathematics_and_Plausible_Reasoning_Volume_I_Induction_and_Analogy_in_Mathematics 4.50 4 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.

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