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The math gene
how mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip
By Devlin, Keith J.
- ISBN
- 978-0-46501-618-1
- Publisher
- [New York] : Basic Books, c2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2000
This book is not about mathematics or genetics or why some people are good at math and others are not. Rather, Devlin (Goodbye, Descartes) asks and attempts to answer the question, "How and why did human beings evolve the ability to do mathematics?" His point is that mathematics is more than arithmetic. Real mathematics...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
