The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip /
Devlin, Keith J.
The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip / Keith Devlin. - 1st ed. - [New York] : Basic Books, c2000. - xvii, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
"First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index.
mind for mathematics -- In the beginning is number -- Everybody counts -- What is this thing called mathematics? -- Do mathematicians have different brains? -- Born to speak -- brain that grew and learned to talk -- Out of our minds -- Where demons lurk and mathematicians work -- Roads not taken. 1. A 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The 8. 9. 10.
0465016189 0465016197 (pbk.)
2001520984
Number concept.
Mathematical ability.
Mathematics--Psychological aspects.
QA141 / .D49 2000
The math gene : how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip / Keith Devlin. - 1st ed. - [New York] : Basic Books, c2000. - xvii, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
"First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index.
mind for mathematics -- In the beginning is number -- Everybody counts -- What is this thing called mathematics? -- Do mathematicians have different brains? -- Born to speak -- brain that grew and learned to talk -- Out of our minds -- Where demons lurk and mathematicians work -- Roads not taken. 1. A 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The 8. 9. 10.
0465016189 0465016197 (pbk.)
2001520984
Number concept.
Mathematical ability.
Mathematics--Psychological aspects.
QA141 / .D49 2000