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AuthorDevlin, Keith J.TitleThe math instinct : why you’re a mathematical genius (along with lobsters, birds, cats and dogs) / by Keith Devlin.PublishedNew York, N.Y. : Thunder’s Mouth Press, c2005.FormatBook
Description279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

LinkTable of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0704/2005277465.html
NotesIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ContentsOut of the minds of babies -- Elvis: the Welsh corgi who knows calculus -- What is mathematics? -- Where am I and where am I going? -- Nature’s architects: the creatures that can do math of construction -- Natural artists: the animals (and plants) that create beautiful patterns -- It’s just a step to the right: the math of motion -- The eyes have it: the hidden math of vision -- Animals in the math class -- Razor sharp: the mathematical tricks of street traders and supermarket shoppers -- All numbers great and small -- The trouble with meaningless math -- Tapping into our math instinct.
ISBN1560256729 :9781560256724SubjectMathematics.
Mathematics -- Philosophy.

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