The Math Gene Quotes

“a mathematician is someone for whom mathematics is a soap opera.”
― Keith J. Devlin, The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip

“a baby’s failure to reach for an object hidden under a blanket does not support the rather dramatic conclusion that the baby thinks the object has ceased to exist. Perhaps he simply does not yet have sufficient hand-arm coordination to reach for a hidden object. In fact, we now know that this explanation is correct. Recent experiments, more sophisticated than Piaget’s, indicate that even very young babies have a well-developed sense of object permanency.”
― Keith J. Devlin, The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip