The number sense : how the mind creates mathematics / / Stanislas Dehaene.
"Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all over the world. Now, in The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene offers a fascinating look at this recent research, in...
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Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | Rev. and updated ed. |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | xxii, 316 p. :; ill., ports. |
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Table of Contents:
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- Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Introduction
- Part I: Our Numerical Heritage
- Chapter 1: Talented and Gifted Animals
- Chapter 2: Babies Who Count
- Chapter 3: The Adult Number Line
- Part II: Beyond Approximation
- Chapter 4: The Language of Numbers
- Chapter 5: Small Heads for Big Calculations
- Chapter 6: Geniuses and Prodigies
- Part III: Of Neurons and Numbers
- Chapter 7: Losing Number Sense
- Chapter 8: The Computing Brain
- Chapter 9: What Is a Number?
- Epilogue. The Contemporary Science of Number and Brain
- Appendix
- Notes and References
- Bibliography
- Main books consulted
- Useful web resources
- Detailed bibliography
- Index.