Patterns of Plausible Inference
, by Polya, G.- ISBN: 9780691025100 | 069102510X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/3/1990
Here the author ofHow to Solve Itexplains 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.