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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Butterworth, Brian, author.     Subjects     Number concept in animals.     Number concept.     Mathematics -- Psychological aspects.     Mathematical ability.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Butterworth, Brian, author.       by title:      Can fish count? : wh...         MARC Display

Can fish count? : what animals reveal about our uniquely mathematical minds / Brian Butterworth. by Butterworth, Brian, author. New York : Basic Books, 2022. Subjects Number concept in animals.   Number concept.   Mathematics -- Psychological aspects.   Mathematical ability. ISBN:  9781541620810 (hardcover) 154162081X (hardcover) Description:  368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First US edition. 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? Requests:  0 Summary:  "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 animals seem to have inherent mathematical abilities? As cognitive psychologist Brian Butterworth shows us in Can Fish Count?, many "simple" animals--such as bees, which count trees and fence posts, and guppies, which can size up groups--have a sense of numbers. And unlike humans, they don't need to be taught. In telling animals' stories, Butterworth shines new light on one of our most ancient questions: Just where, exactly, do numbers come from? He reveals how insights gleaned from studying animals can help us make better sense of our own abilities. Full of discovery and delight, Can Fish Count? is an astonishing journey through the animal kingdom and the human mind"--Amazon.com A professor of cognitive neuropsychology looks at how animals seem to have inherent mathematical abilities and how studying them can help solve the question of where numbers come from.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Mountain View P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 156.3 Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 156.3 Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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