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Author Devlin, Keith J.

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

Publication Info. [New York] : Basic Books, [2000]
©2000

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  510.0 DEV    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  510.1 DEVLIN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-315) and index.
Contents 1. A mind for mathematics -- 2. In the beginning is number -- 3. Everybody counts -- 4. What is this thing called mathematics? -- 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 -- 10. Roads not taken.
Subject Number concept.
Mathematical ability.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects.
ISBN 0465016189
0465016197 paperback
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