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Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being
Where Mathematics Comes From How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being
Author: George Lakoff, Rafael N?ņez
Renowned linguist George Lakoff pairs with psychologist Rafael Núñez in the first book to provide a serious study of the cognitive science of mathematical ideas. When you think about it, it seems obvious: The only mathematical ideas that human beings can have are ideas that the human brain allows. We know a lot about what human id...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465037704
ISBN-10: 0465037704
Publication Date: 1/15/2000
Pages: 489
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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