The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip / Keith Devlin.

By: Devlin, Keith JMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: [New York, N.Y.] : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2000]Description: xvii, 329 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780465016198Subject(s): Mathematics -- Psychological aspects | Mathematics -- HistoryDDC classification: 510.1/9 Summary: Attempts to determine whether or not humans are endowed with a number instinct, offering a new theory of language development that describes how mathematical thought evolved in two stages and how its main purpose was not education.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-315) and index.

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Attempts to determine whether or not humans are endowed with a number instinct, offering a new theory of language development that describes how mathematical thought evolved in two stages and how its main purpose was not education.

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