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The ability to map numbers onto a line, a foundation of all
mathematics, is universal, says a study published May 30 in the
journal Science, but the form of this universal mapping is not linear
but logarithmic. The findings illuminate both the nature and the
limits of the human predisposition to measurement, a foundation for
science, engineering, and much of our modern culture.
