Dimensions
135 x 216 x 35mm
Just why are some people so good, and others so bad, at dealing with numbers?
The ability to use numbers has been the key to raising us from makers of stone tools living in caves to creators of modern science living in great cities. But where does this ability come from?
In a new and provocative study, Brian Butterworth argues that our genes contain a set of instructions for building a "mathematical brain", and this is why, without the benefit of teaching, human beings are born to count. His riveting book will revolutionise our understanding of the extraordinary world of numbers.
