The Number Sense How The Mind Creates Mathematics

The Number Sense delves into the innate ability of humans and some animals to understand numbers.

The book, written by Stanislas Dehaene, covers experiments showing that human infants and various animals possess a rudimentary 'number sense'.

It discusses how this sense is wired into the brain, similar to our perception of color or objects in space.

The book is divided into sections that explore number sense in animals, babies, adults, and geniuses, and it includes discussions on brain damage, brain plasticity, and the philosophical aspects of mathematics.

Dehaene also examines the impact of language on numerical abilities and the specific brain regions involved in mathematical cognition.