The Resource The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip, Keith Devlin
The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip, Keith Devlin
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- Summary
- Explains how our innate pattern-making abilities allow us to perform mathematical reasoning
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 328 pages
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--T.p. verso
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Do mathematicians have different brains?
- 6.
- Born to speak
- 7.
- The brain that grew and learned to talk
- 8.
- Out of our minds
- 9.
- Where demons lurk and mathematicians work
- 1.
- 10.
- Roads not taken
- A mind for mathematics
- 2.
- In the beginning is number
- 3.
- Everybody counts
- 4.
- What is this thing called mathematics?
- Label
- The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip
- Title
- The math gene
- Title remainder
- how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip
- Statement of responsibility
- Keith Devlin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Explains how our innate pattern-making abilities allow us to perform mathematical reasoning
- Cataloging source
- IF9
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Devlin, Keith J
- Dewey number
- 510.1
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA141
- LC item number
- .D49 2000
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Number concept
- Mathematical ability
- Mathematics
- Wiskunde
- Psychologische aspecten
- Cognitieve vaardigheden
- Sprache
- Zahlbegriff
- Biolinguistik
- Mathematik
- Label
- The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip, Keith Devlin
- Link
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Do mathematicians have different brains?
- 6.
- Born to speak
- 7.
- The brain that grew and learned to talk
- 8.
- Out of our minds
- 9.
- Where demons lurk and mathematicians work
- 1.
- 10.
- Roads not taken
- A mind for mathematics
- 2.
- In the beginning is number
- 3.
- Everybody counts
- 4.
- What is this thing called mathematics?
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 328 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036394593
- Label
- The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip, Keith Devlin
- Link
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Do mathematicians have different brains?
- 6.
- Born to speak
- 7.
- The brain that grew and learned to talk
- 8.
- Out of our minds
- 9.
- Where demons lurk and mathematicians work
- 1.
- 10.
- Roads not taken
- A mind for mathematics
- 2.
- In the beginning is number
- 3.
- Everybody counts
- 4.
- What is this thing called mathematics?
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 328 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036394593
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