The Number Sense:How The Mind Creates Mathematics. - Softcover

Dehaene, Stanislas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140261346 ISBN 13: 9780140261349

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (London), 1999

Synopsis

THE NUMBER SENSE provides an extraordinary overview of how numbers and calculation are processed in the human brain, celebrating our vital yet unappreciated instinct for numbers. Dehaene sheds light on the unique abilities of idiot savants and mathematical geniuses, sex differences in arithmetic and the pros and cons of electronic calculator usage. 'Let's not beat about the bush. Buy this book.' - Ian Stewart, New Scientist 'Stanislas Dehaene has given us an outstanding, authoritative overview of this important new domain of human knowledge' - Steven Pinker

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Review

"Read The Number Sense for its rich insights into matters as varying as the cuneiform depiction of numbers, why Jean Piaget's theory of stages in infant learning is wrong, and to discover the brain regions involved in the number sense."--The New York Times Book Review
"From the origin of Roman numerals to the latest MRI results, everything you might like to know about numbers and the brain, as filtered through the lively and engaging brain of Stanislas Dehaene."--Discover
"A delight."--Ian Stewart, New Scientist
"Read The Number Sense for its rich insights into matters as varying as the cuneiform depiction of numbers, why Jean Piaget's theory of stages in infant learning is wrong, and to discover the brain regions involved in the number sense."--The New York Times Book Review
"From the origin of Roman numerals to the latest MRI results, everything you might like to know about numbers and the brain, as filtered through the lively and engaging brain of Stanislas Dehaene."--Discover
"A delight."--Ian Stewart, New Scientist
"Read The Number Sense for its rich insights into matters as varying as the cuneiform depiction of numbers, why Jean Piaget's theory of stages in infant learning is wrong, and to discover the brain regions involved in the number sense."--The New York Times Book Review
"From the origin of Roman numerals to the latest MRI results, everything you might like to know about numbers and the brain, as filtered through the lively and engaging brain of Stanislas Dehaene."--Discover
"A delight."--Ian Stewart, New Scientist
"Read The Number Sense for its rich insights into matters as varying as the cuneiform depiction of numbers, why Jean Piaget's theory of stages in infant learning is wrong, and to discover the brain regions involved in the number sense."--The New York Times Book Review

"From the origin of Roman numerals to the latest MRI results, everything you might like to know about numbers and the brain, as filtered through the lively and engaging brain of Stanislas Dehaene."--Discover

"A delight."--Ian Stewart, New Scientist

"Read The Number Sense for its rich insights into matters as varying as the cuneiform depiction of numbers, why Jean Piaget's theory of stages in infant learning is wrong, and to discover the brain regions involved in the number sense."--The New York Times Book Review

"From the origin of Roman numerals to the latest MRI results, everything you might like to know about numbers and the brain, as filtered through the lively and engaging brain of Stanislas Dehaene."--Discover

"A delight."--Ian Stewart, New Scientist

Synopsis

This text provides an overview of how numbers and calculation are processed in the human brain. The author sheds light on the unique abilities of idiot savants and mathematical geniuses, sex differences in arithmetics and the pros and cons of electronic calculator usage.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (London)
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140261346
• ISBN 13: 9780140261349
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 274