Can Fish Count? Audiobook Libro.fm

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An entertaining investigationof thenumerical abilitiesof animalsand our own appetite for arithmetic

ThephilosopherBertrand Russell once observed that realizing that a pair of apples and the passage of two days could somehow both be represented by theconceptwe calltwowas one of the most astonishing discoveries anyone had ever madeSowhat do we make of theincrediblefactthatanimalsseem tohaveinherent mathematical abilitiesAscognitive psychologist Brian Butterworth showsusin Can FishCountmany simple animalssuch as bees whichcount trees and fence posts and guppies which can size up groupshave a sense of numbers And unlike humanstheydontneed to be taught