A "concept" is a general, abstract idea that the human mind forms about a concrete or abstract object of thought. The term comes from the Latin cum capio: "to grasp together". It is an abstract ...

PROF. CONANT has produced a book which supplies a gap in scientific literature, and on it he has expended great diligence in collecting the materials, and circumspection in dealing with them. The ...

Neuroscientists discover brain processes which lead to the concept of “zero” on the number line. Zero is a magic number. It stands for emptiness, for nothing -- and yet it is considered one of the ...

Piaget's 3-stage theory of the child's attainment of the concept of number was applied as a number readiness criterion to ninety-six kindergarten children. Two children were found to be at the initial ...

In The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development by Levi L. Conant, readers are taken on a scholarly journey through the evolution of the number concept, exploring its origins and development in a ...