The math instinct : why you're a mathematical genius (along with lobsters, birds, cats, and dogs) /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thunder's Mouth Press,
[2005]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of 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.