PIRSA:04110002

Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning

Brown, J.R. (2004). Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/04110002

Brown, James Robert. Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 04, 2004, https://pirsa.org/04110002 

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            url = {https://pirsa.org/04110002},
            author = {Brown, James Robert},
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            language = {en},
            title = {Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2004},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:04110002 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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James Robert Brown University of Toronto

Talk number PIRSA:04110002
Collection
Talk Type Public Lectures

Abstract

Do you have to see it to believe it? James Robert Brown, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, will discuss the highly interesting but controversial topic of the legitimate role of visual thinking in mathematics and science. Examples of picture proofs and thought experiments will be given. An explanation of how they work will be sketched. Proof, pictures, James Brown, axioms, sketches, experiment, Barwise, Godel, isomorphc homomorphic, intuitions, continuum hypothesis, refutation