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100 1 $aDevlin, Keith J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79082239
245 14 $aThe math gene :$bhow mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip /$cKeith Devlin.
246 30 $aHow mathematical thinking evolved and why numbers are like gossip
250 $a1st ed.
260 $a[New York, N.Y.] :$bBasic Books,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $axvii, 328 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"First published in Great Britain in 2000 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue: The Wings of the Eagle --$g1.$tA Mind for Mathematics --$g2.$tIn the Beginning Is Number --$g3.$tEverybody Counts --$g4.$tWhat Is This Thing Called Mathematics? --$g5.$tDo Mathematicians Have Different Brains? --$g6.$tBorn to Speak --$g7.$tThe Brain That Grew and Learned to Talk --$g8.$tOut of Our Minds --$g9.$tWhere Demons Lurk and Mathematicians Work --$g10.$tRoads Not Taken --$tEpilogue: How to Sell Soap --$gAppendix.$tThe Hidden Structure of Everyday Language.
520 1 $a"In The Math Gene, mathematician Keith Devlin offers a breathtakingly new theory of language development that describes how language evolved in two stages and how its main purpose was not communication. He goes on to show that the ability to think mathematically arose out of the same symbol-manipulating ability that was so crucial to the very first emergence of true language.".
520 8 $a"The Math Gene explains how our innate pattern-making abilities allow us to perform mathematical reasoning. Revealing why some people loathe mathematics, others find it difficult and a select few excel at the subject, Keith Devlin suggests ways in which we can all improve our mathematical skills."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMathematical ability.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082114
650 0 $aMathematics$xPhilosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082153
852 00 $bmil$hQA141.15$i.D48 2000