Mathematics for Beginners

What is maths?
What is maths for?
How do you do maths?

Chapter 1: The beginning of maths
What did the first numbers look like, and what did people use them for?

Chapter 2: Numbers
Number shapes, number patterns, prime numbers and numbers that go on and on and on...to infinity.

Chapter 3: Shapes and measuring
How and why people use the tools of mathematics to describe the shapes of everything, from everyday objects to the entire universe.

Chapter 4: How maths is shown
Making graphs, drawing diagrams and using pictures to explain the world better, and to help solve problems.

Chapter 5: Prove it
In mathematics, you can find an answer to a problem and know for certain that it is correct. But how? With a PROOF.

Chapter 6: Probability and statistics
Maths can tell you the truth and predict the future - up to a point. How does it do this, and how can you spot when people are (mis)using maths to lie?

Chapter 7: Maths, computers and the future
No mathematics, no computers. But what kind of maths do people use to make computers works?

Chapter 8: Mathematical models
Describing real-world problems with maths to give insights into future weather, profits, and even human behavior.

What's next?
Jobs in maths
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements