The math instinct : why you're a mathematical genius (along with lobsters, birds, cats and dogs) / by Keith Devlin.

By: Devlin, Keith JMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Thunder's Mouth Press, c2005Description: 279 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 1560256729Subject(s): Mathematics | Mathematics -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 510 Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Out 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.
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Mathematics 		510 DEV-M 2005 13041 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) Available 0013041
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Out 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.

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