Can fish count? : what animals reveal about our uniquely mathematical minds /
The philosopher Bertrand Russell once observed that realizing that a pair of apples and the passage of two days could somehow both be represented by the concept we call "two" was one of the most astonishing discoveries anyone had ever made. So what do we make of the incredible fact that an...
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New York :
Basic Books,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The language of the universe
- Can humans count? - Bones, stones and the earliest counting words
- Can apes and monkeys count?
- Mammals great and small
- Can birds count?
- Can amphibians and reptiles count?
- Can fish count?
- Are bigger brains really better?
- What counts?