How to Solve It

George Pólya info

First published 1945

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About this book

The classic on problem-solving heuristics.

The author

George Pólya

1887–1985 · Hungarian mathematician

Professor at ETH Zürich
Professor at Stanford

Profession: Mathematician, Professor
Worked at: ETH Zürich, Stanford, Brown University
Studied at: Göttingen, Vienna, Eötvös Loránd University
Studied under: Lipót Fejér

Argued that problem solving can be taught, shaping maths teaching worldwide.

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Reading order

Pairs with: What Is Mathematics? (Courant) · Problems in Plane and Solid Geometry (Prasolov)

In print

Yes · Princeton University Press

Which edition

Any edition from the 2nd (1957) on. The Princeton Science Library edition (2004) adds a foreword by John H. Conway.

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Editions

38 editions · 2 hardcover, 5 paperback · 2 languages

First published 1945

Earliest edition listed: 1945 · Princeton U.P. · 2nd ed.

1945 · Princeton U.P. · 2nd ed.
1945 · Princeton University Press
1945 · Princeton University Press
1945 · Princeton U. P.
1945 · Princeton University Press
1948 · Princeton University Press
1948 · Princeton University Press
1948 · University Press

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1957 · Doubleday Anchor Books
1957 · Doubleday
1957 · Doubleday Anchor · Second Edition
1957 · Doubelday Anchor · 2nd ed.
1957 · Princeton University Press · 2d ed. - · ISBN 9780691080970
1957 · Doubleday · 2d ed.
1957 · Doubleday · 2nd ed.
1957 · Doubleday · 2nd ed.
1965 · Dunod · 2. éd., augm. · French
1971 · Princeton University Press · 2nd ed.
1971 · Princeton University Press · 2d ed. · ISBN 9780691080970
1973 · Princeton University Press · 2d ed · ISBN 9780691080970
1982 · Princeton Univ Pr · Hardcover · ISBN 9780691080970
1985 · Princeton University Press · ISBN 9780691150956
1988 · Princeton University Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780691023564
1988 · Princeton University Press · 2nd ed. · ISBN 9780691023564
1989 · Jacques Gabay · Paperback · French · ISBN 9782876470491
1990 · Penguin Books Ltd · ISBN 9780140124996
1990 · Penguin Books Ltd · Paperback · New Ed edition · ISBN 9780140124996
1995 · Francke · Hardcover · ISBN 9783772006081
2004 · Princeton University Press · Paperback · New Ed edition · ISBN 9780691119663
2004 · Princeton University Press · Expanded Princeton science library ed. · ISBN 9780691119663
2004 · Princeton University Press · Expanded Princeton Science Library ed. · ISBN 9780691119663
2009 · Ishi Press International · ISBN 9784871878302
2014 · Princeton University Press · ISBN 9781400828678
2014 · Princeton University Press · ISBN 9780691164076
2019 · Princeton University Library · ISBN 9780691195650
Lightning Source Inc · Print On Demand (Paperback) · ISBN 9788087888650
Princeton University Press · 2d ed. · ISBN 9780691080970
Doubleday · 2nd ed.

The list may be incomplete, especially for older and non-English editions.

Subjects

Mathematics