To: Brian Boyd From: Jeffrey Epstei t Sent Mon 5/14/2012 10:44:38 AM Subject: Re: RE: Re: thanks, is Clare Quilty, a real character or a doppelganger or the voice of the true author? On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Brian Boyd Yes, very well. On 15/05/2012, at 4:05 PM, Jeffrey wrote: wrote: Does he speak English Sorry for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone On May 13, 2012, at 11:39 PM, Brian Boyd wrote: Stanislas Dehaene a Professor at the College de France, and director of Neurospin, as well as author of The Number Sense, is certainly first rate. He began his training as a mathematician (as you'd see from Wikipedia) but the work he's known for has focused on how the brain processes number and letters in math and reading, and how evolved aspects of the brain, which clearly did not evolve for these very recent functions, have been "recycled," as he puts it, for these new uses. If these things interest you, he da man. Maybe Martin could become interested in the math of neuroscience (and also the neuroscience of math), if he's not already! B From: Jeffrey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 15 May 2012 7:49 a.m. To: Brian Boyd Subject: Re: I'm in Paris , if you think there is a person of interest Sorry for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone EFTA_R1_00298305 EFTA01882631