[FRIAM] Annals of Science: Numbers Guy: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

[Tom Johnson]

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/03/080303fa_fact_holt/?yrail

According to Stanislas Dehaene, humans have an inbuilt "number sense"
capable of some basic calculations and estimates. The problems start
when we learn mathematics and have to perform procedures that are
anything but instinctive.

A fascinating read for those of us interested in quantity and life.

--Tom

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J. T. Johnson
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