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100 1 _aButterworth, Brian,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCan fish count? :
_bwhat animals reveal about our uniquely mathematical minds /
_cBrian Butterworth.
250 _aFirst US edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c2022.
264 4 _c©2022
300 _a368 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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338 _avolume
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505 0 _aThe 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?
520 _a"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
520 _aA 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 313-347) and index.
650 0 _aNumber concept in animals.
650 0 _aNumber concept.
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650 0 _aMathematics
_xPsychological aspects.
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650 0 _aMathematical ability.
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