Can Fish Count?
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. As cognitive psychologist Brian Butterworth shows us in Can Fish Count?, many simple animalssuch as bees, which count trees and fence posts, and guppies, which can size up groupshave a sense of numbers. And unlike humans, they dont need to be taught. He reveals how insights gleaned from studying animals can help us make better sense of our own abilities. is an astonishing journey through the animal kingdom and the human mind.