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Titel: The Maths Gene: Why Everyone has it, but most people can't use it
Verlag: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Ver�ffentlichungsdatum: 2001
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 075381126X
ISBN-13: 9780753811269
Bindung: Softcover
Zustand: Good

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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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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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