And you’ll have no doubt that book buyers will react positively when you
read the praise on the back of Stanislas Dehaene’s The Number Sense from
mathematician Ian Stewart: “Let’s not beat about the bush. Buy this book.” It
examines how the mind creates mathematics and perceives number. Reviewed 10
January 1998, published by Penguin, £8.99, ISBN 0140261346.
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