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  The Maths Gene: Why Everyone Has it, But Most People Don't Use it (Paperback) By (author) Keith J. Devlin

  

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  Short Description for The Maths GeneThe Maths Gene explains how the human mind came to - and continues to - perform mathematical reasoning.
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  • Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • Published: 01 March 2001
  • Format: Paperback 320 pages
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  • Categories: Philosophy Of Mathematics | Popular Science | Genetics (non-medical)
  • ISBN 13: 9780753811269 ISBN 10: 075381126X
  • Sales rank: 523,624

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• Where does our mathematical ability come from? Our prehistoric ancestors' brains were essentially the same as ours, so they must have had the same underlying ability. What purpose could it serve in 50,000 BC? And what exactly goes on in our brains when we multiply 15 by 36 or prove Fermat's Last Theorem? The answer, according to Keith Devlin, is closely related to the evolutionary changes in the human brain that gave rise to language. It lies within our genes and more specifically with the pattern-making abilities with which we are born. Devlin uses these insights to show why some people loathe mathematics, why others find it so difficult, and why a select few excel at the subject. He also suggests ways in which we can improve our mathematical skills.