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THE NUMBER SENSE provides an extraordinary overview of how numbers and calculation are processed in the human brain, celebrating our vital yet unappreciated instinct for numbers. Dehaene sheds light on the unique abilities of idiot savants and mathematical geniuses, sex differences in arithmetic and the pros and cons of electronic calculator usage. 'Let's not beat about the bush. Buy this book.' - Ian Stewart, New Scientist 'Stanislas Dehaene has given us an outstanding, authoritative overview of this important new domain of human knowledge' - Steven Pinker

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Stanislas Dehaene, a mathematician turned cognitive neuropsychologist, is currently undertaking research at the Institut de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale in Paris.

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