The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics

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作者：Stanislas Dehaene
文件大小：16.92MB
文件类型：双层PDF
语言：英语
出版：Oxford University Press，1997年
页数：287
书签：有

内容简介：
A brilliant exploration of how the brain performs mathematical calculations reveals that a rudimentary number sense is wired into our brains at birth, locates exactly where in the brain mathematics takes place, argues that for the most part our brains did not sufficiently evolve to perform higher mathematics. This is a truly fascinating look at the crossroads where numbers and neurons intersect.

This may surprise those who have trouble carrying the remainder in division or figuring out a 15 percent tip on a $20 lunch bill, but according to mathematician and psychologist Stanislas Dehaene, mathematics is an inborn skill. In The Number Sense, Dehaene makes a compelling case for the human mind's innate grasp of mathematics. Take, for example, the fact that place value systems (such as the Arabic numeral system we use) arose independently in four separate civilizations--evidence of a universal sense of number. Dehaene's book is filled with examples to support his thesis, from young babies' ability to \"count\" (i.e., to react when single objects are replaced by two or more) to examples of how brain damage affects various individuals' number sense. Even more fascinating is his discussion of the relationship between language and numbers. Though Dehaene's book is about mathematics, even those readers with the worst math anxiety will find The Number Sense an intriguing exploration of the world of numbers--and the human mind.

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