Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds

An entertaining investigation of the numerical abilities of animals and our own appetite for arithmetic The philosopher Bertrand...
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Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds by Butterworth, Brian

Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds

$67.95

Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds

$67.95
Author: Brian Butterworth
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

An entertaining investigation of the numerical abilities of animals and our own appetite for arithmetic

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.



Author: Brian Butterworth
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 04/26/2022
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.40h x 5.90w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781541620810


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/24/2022
Booklist 03/15/2022 pg. 32
Choice 11/01/2022

About the Author
Brian Butterworth is emeritus professor of cognitive neuropsychology at University College London, working on the genetics and neuroscience of mathematical abilities and disabilities. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the author of What Counts, as well as of several academic books. He lives in London. 

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