Patterns Plausible Inference Volume Induction by Polya (15 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. gray printed wraps; 280 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Volume 1 and 2. Clean copies. Some light staining on book jackets. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 6.25 X 0.75 X 9.5 inches; 296 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volume set. Bound in burgundy cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good bindings and covers. Shelf wear. Spines sunned. Owner's name on verso.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. ***Two Volume Set*** This set is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjackets have some shelfwear and edge wear. Inside pages have no writing. ; 0 pages.

Paperback. Condition: New. Paperbacks. 2 VOLUME SET. Unused, unmarked and unblemished copies.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6". xvi, 280pp; x, 225pp. Bound in glossy printed wraps. Moderate edgewear to bindings, with bumping to head of spines. Bindings are firm and sound, with no creasing to spines. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice set, complete in two volumes of this guide to the practical art of plausible reasoning. ABOUT THIS SET: A guide to the practical art of plausible reasoning, this book has relevance in every field of intellectual activity. Professor Polya, a world-famous mathematician from Stanford University, uses mathematics to show how hunches and guesses play an important part in even the most rigorously deductive science. He explains how solutions to problems can be guessed at; good guessing is often more important than rigorous deduction in finding correct solutions. Vol. I, on Induction and Analogy in Mathematics, covers a wide variety of mathematical problems, revealing the trains of thought that lead to solutions, pointing out false bypaths, discussing techniques of searching for proofs. Problems and examples challenge curiosity, judgment, and power of invention. Vol. II, on Patterns of Plausible Inference, attempts to develop a logic of plausibility. What makes some evidence stronger and some weaker? How does one seek evidence that will make a suspected truth more probable? These questions involve philosophy and psychology as well as mathematics. (Publisher).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1 & 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 470 pages.

Hardcover. 280, 190pp. Both volumes are in very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound in very good but age toned dust jackets.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Name on front free endpaper of both volumes. Some pen markings to the margins of both volumes. 2 volume set.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. 1st Edition. Xvi, 280; X, 190 Pp. Two Volumes, Red-Brown Cloth, Silver Lettering, Both First Printings Of This First Edition (It Was Later Revised As "How To Solve It"). Books Near Fine, Trace Of Rubbing At Corners. Dj's With Almost No Wear, Spines Browned, A Little Bumping To Upper Tips. Former Owner's Name In Each Volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Two-volume set. Hardcovers, in jackets. Some edge-wear and toning. Light handling to covers, and some toning to edges. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome set. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1954. 2 volumes. Sm 4to. xvi,280+x,190pp. Figures, tables. Good book. Good dust jacket. Owner's name on front free endpage. (mathematics, philosophy, symbolic logic) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two Volumes of the Two Volume Set - Conditions the same unless noted: "a guide to the art of plausible reasoning". Maroon cloth on boards with bright silver gilt lettering to spines. Books are tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out, other than the name of prior owner on ffep. Books are Near Fine. Unclipped Dust Jackets are close to near fine but conservatively Very good, some sun browning to spines and a crease to top of back of Vol. II. Uncommon particularly in this condition.

Princeton University Press, 1973 + 1968. xvi, 280; viii, 225 pp. 2 volumes, publisher's cloth with d/w. Wrappers with some wear.