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Chi di noi non si è sentito dire, almeno una volta, "non hai il pallino della matematica"? Chi non si è stupito per aver compiuto un banale errore in una sottrazione o in una moltiplicazione? E chi non è rimasto colpito dal modo in cui i bambini subiscono il fascino della magia dei numeri? Per quanto possa apparire strano, tutto ciò non è che la conseguenza del fatto che il nostro cervello è un cervello da primate, capace di cogliere immediatamente quantità e numero, ma inadatto, se non al prezzo di un continuo esercizio, a far di conto e a manipolare simboli più o meno astratti. In questa nuova edizione dell'opera che più di ogni altra l'ha reso celebre al grande pubblico, Stanislas Dehaene aiuta a coltivare l'intuizione dei numeri nelle pieghe del cervello, senza timore per le nostre debolezze e con la convinzione che è l'appassionato lavoro su se stessi a generare il genio matematico.
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- Pagine: 371
- Data di uscita: 25-08-2010
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This is the earliest of Dehaene's three books about the brain and how it supports mathematics, reading, and consciousness. I have read these books in reverse order, beginning with the latest, Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts , an epic up-to-the-minute treatise Leggi tutto
One day, a group of friends of mine and I somehow randomly came up with this random question: how universal are numbers and mathematics? Why is it that all cultures seem to have some concept of numbers? So we came up with this game, we would agree not to use any number for a day to find out how hard Leggi tutto
What an incredible window onto the brain’s construction of math and numbers! He clearly demonstrated each finding - with descriptions of brilliantly designed experiments, pictures of different areas of brain activity, or illuminating graphs. So yeah, maybe this book isn’t for everyone, but it certai Leggi tutto
This book covers a lot of different subjects to study/explain Mathematical Reasoning. The chapters follow a certain logic, starting with math comprehension in animals, then babies, then adults, and finally geniuses/prodigies. The book is based on intense research from several fields as phrenology, p Leggi tutto
The Number Sense is Stanislas Dehaene's argument that the human brain is wired to understand numbers, or "numerosity" as Dehaene puts it. Before we acquire language, learn number symbols, learn to count, and basically learn mathematics, we already come equipped to spot when there is less or more of
As a radiologist and medical physicist, I found the early chapters on early childhood development of a number sense and the later chapters on number-processing deficits experienced by brain-damaged patients and brain imaging to be a little slow and not particularly revealing, most likely due to my p Leggi tutto
Interesting review of the psychology of numbers. This guy has been featured a few times on the RadioLab podcast, which I love. I think its strength is the really interesting discussion of what animals and humans are inherently capable of when it comes to numbers and mathematics. Its weakness is when Leggi tutto
Besides an overly enthusiastic usage of the phrase "in the final analysis," this book is near-flawless. Thorough, accurate, insightful, useful, even damned funny in parts . . . call me a Dehaenophile through and through! It will appeal most to those interested in the intersection between neuroscience Leggi tutto
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