false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181154854m/1120137.jpg 1120137 4 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 <I>The Number Sense</I>, 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 <I>The Number Sense</I> an intriguing exploration of the world of numbers--and the human mind. 1107208 1997 The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics total:22|5:4|4:8|3:6|2:4| 22 78 60 4 4 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 04:46:09 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 15:50:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 07:47:32 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 19:15:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Feb 15 21:04:51 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 21:07:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 11:36:29 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 11:40:30 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 08:36:28 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 08:36:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 21:21:52 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 21:21:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 09:52:10 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 09:52:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 09:16:12 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 09:16:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 11:55:14 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 11:55:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 08:20:08 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 08:20:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 11:48:21 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 11:48:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 07:35:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 07:35:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 06:05:48 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 06:05:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 23 22:26:45 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 22:26:45 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Aug 18 22:03:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 22:11:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 31 07:29:02 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 07:29:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 02 23:28:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 23:35:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 29 19:38:54 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 19:38:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 20 00:53:09 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 00:53:09 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun May 31 20:01:19 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:29:38 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 20:01:19 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1120137