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Mathematics: Branches and History: Home

A research topic guide covering the branches of mathematics, including algebra, arithmetic, calculus, geometry, statistics, probability, and trigonometry.

Branches of Mathematics

This research topic guide explores materials and topics related to the branches of mathematics. Materials are provided for further insight on the topics, including the forms of mathematics. 

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The Great Math Mystery

Explore math's astonishing power across the centuries. Join astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio to follow math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery?

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The Joy of Mathematics

Ready to exercise those brain cells? Humans have been having fun with mathematics for thousands of years. Along the way, they've discovered the amazing utility of this field--in science, engineering, finance, games of chance, and many other aspects of life. This course of 24 half-hour lectures celebrates the sheer joy of mathematics, taught by a mathematician who is literally a magician with numbers. Professor Arthur T. Benjamin of Harvey Mudd College is renowned for his feats of mental calculation performed before audiences at schools, theaters, museums, conferences, and other venues.

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History of Maths

If your pupils find maths hard they're in good company, for some of the greatest mathematicians of the past struggled with the same maths that's now taught in school. But if pupils appreciate this struggle and realise how mathematics developed over the centuries, they might better understand some of the difficult topics we except them to grasp.

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