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The Math Gene : How Mathematical Thinking Evolved and Why Numbers Are Like Gossip by Keith Devlin, Keith J. Devlin is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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Why is math so hard? And why, despite this difficulty, are some people so good at it? If there's some inborn capacity for mathematical thinking—which there must be, otherwise no one could do it —why can't we all do it well? Keith Devlin has answers to all these difficult questions, and in giving them shows us how mathematical ability evolved, why it's a part of language ability, and how we can make better use of this innate talent.He also offers a breathtakingly new theory of language developmen
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Keith Devlin, Keith J. Devlin
- Publisher
- [New York] : Basic Books
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465016198
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 3.65 / 5 (327 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Maths Gene : Why Everyone Has It, but Most People Don't Use It (2001)
- #x98;Das#x9C; Mathe-Gen oder wie sich das mathematische Denken entwickelt und warum Sie Zahlen ruhig vergessen können (2006)
- Prisoners of Childhood : the Drama of the Gifted Child and the Search for the True Self (1981)
- The Math Gene : How Mathematical Thinking Evolved and Why Numbers Are Like Gossip (2001)
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