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4.2 ⭐️, 4.5k+ reviews (Goodreads)
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“A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight. In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be “reasoned” out―from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have relished Polya’s deft―indeed, brilliant―instructions on stripping away irrelevancies and going straight to the heart of the problem.”
“[This] elementary textbook on heuristic reasoning, shows anew how keen its author is on questions of method and the formulation of methodological principles. Exposition and illustrative material are of a disarmingly elementary character, but very carefully thought out and selected.” ― Herman Weyl, Mathematical Review
“I recommend it highly to any person who is seriously interested in finding out methods of solving problems, and who does not object to being entertained while he does it.” ― Scientific Monthly
“Every mathematics student should experience and live this book” ― Mathematics Magazine