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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Devlin, Keith J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, [2005]
Subjects:
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.