The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics
A brilliant exploration of how the brain performs mathematical calculations reveals that a rudimentary number sense is wired into our brains at birth, locates exactly where in the brain mathematics takes place, argues that for the most part our brains did not sufficiently evolve to perform higher...
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A brilliant exploration of how the brain performs mathematical calculations reveals that a rudimentary number sense is wired into our brains at birth, locates exactly where in the brain mathematics takes place, argues that for the most part our brains did not sufficiently evolve to perform higher mathematics. This is a truly fascinating look at the crossroads where numbers and neurons intersect. Illus.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780195132403 (0195132408)
Publish date: December 9th 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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