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The Maths Gene: Why Everyone Has it, But Most People Don't Use it
The Maths Gene Why Everyone Has it But Most People Don't Use it
Author: Keith J. Devlin
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780753811269
ISBN-10: 075381126X
Publication Date: 3/1/2001
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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