The number sense : how the mind creates mathematics / Stanislas Dehaene.
The number sense : how the mind creates mathematics / Stanislas Dehaene.
The number sense : how the mind creates mathematics / Stanislas Dehaene.
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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T0391617
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
Dehaene also explores the unique abilities of idiot savants and mathematical geniuses, asking whether simple cognitive explanations can be found for their exceptional talents. In a final section, the cerebral substrates of arithmetic are described. We meet people whose brain lesions made them lose highly specific aspects of their numerical abilitie...
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The number sense : how the mind creates mathematics / Stanislas Dehaene.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.
Transferred from N510.19/4.
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T0391617
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74VMjw7NRPzy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjw7NRPzy
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ISBN
0195110048 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195110043 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
510.19
MMS ID
991000975529702626
