The Maths Gene: Why Everyone has it, but most people can't use it - Softcover

Devlin, Keith

 
9780753811269: The Maths Gene: Why Everyone has it, but most people can't use it
Softcover
ISBN 10: 075381126X ISBN 13: 9780753811269
Verlag: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2001

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Where does our mathematical ability come from? Our prehistoric ancestors' brains were essentially the same as ours, so they must have had the same underlying ability. What purpose could it serve in 50,000 BC? And what exactly goes on in our brains when we multiply 15 by 36 or prove Fermat's Last Theorem? The answer, according to Keith Devlin, is closely related to the evolutionary changes in the human brain that gave rise to language. It lies within our genes and more specifically with the pattern-making abilities with which we are born. Devlin uses these insights to show why some people loathe mathematics, why others find it so difficult, and why a select few excel at the subject. He also suggests ways in which we can improve our mathematical skills.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Keith Devlin is Senior Researcher at the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University, Professor of Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh and Dean of Science at Saint Mary's College of California. He has written a regular column on mathematics for the Guardian since 1983, and is the award-winning author of 24 books about mathematics and well as an experienced broadcaster.

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Verlag
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
075381126X
ISBN 13 
9780753811269
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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