The Big Questions: Mathematics by Tony Crilly (PDF)

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The Big Questions series is designed to let renowned experts address the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. Each 3000-word essay simply and concisely examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring minds, and provides answers from history’s great thinkers. This ambitious project is a unique distillation of humanity’s best ideas. In Big Questions: Mathematics, Tony Crilly answers the 20 key questions: What is maths for? Where do numbers come from? Why are primes the atoms of maths? What are the strangest numbers? Are imaginary numbers real? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? What is the maths of the universe? Are statistics lies? Can maths guarantee riches? Is there a formula for everything? Why are three dimensions not enough? Can a butterfly’s wings really cause a hurricane? Can we create an unbreakable code? Is maths beauty? Can maths predict the future? What shape is the universe? What is symmetry? Is maths true? Is there anything left to solve?

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Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐the best math book i have ever been exposed to since high school and it makes me feel competent to read it and understand very basic info to get beck to the swing of things.

⭐Pleasant reading, constantly inviting to be curious to know more. Enjoy coming back & refreshing oneself. Persuading others to read & discuss

⭐I never have been exceptionally good in math. It never interested me until reading this. The book isn’t all that technical (I understand it and have only gotten up to college algebra), but is REALLY informative and isn’t so easy that it’s boring. BUY IT

⭐Very interesting book. Better for people who have started a degree in Maths, or are planning on pursuing one. For me, looking for an introduction to some more maths… I suppose its a good book to find subject names, and some interesting details on them that other books wouldn’t provide. But you probably want to have completed A-Level or “High School” for this read.

⭐I am not a mathematician and have no formal training maths since I went into a grammar school sixth form in 1948! However, I like a challenge and I am working through this book which is very interesting and from time to time I am surprised by maths that I knew nothing about and at other times sceptical about what seem to be directions that must cost much to achieve but have added little to our civilisation.That, of course, applies to many disciplines. Going is some times hard and I skip a bit from time to time but the basic discussion is very clear. Just one comment about the Kindle version: the fractions, often very important to scrutinise carefully, come out on my tablet as a near point 1or2 script.

⭐Really good for inquiring minds and a very good read. If your child is good at maths this book could well inspire them to take the subject further.Some of the topics went over my head but that is my fault not the book. Even so there was still plenty I could understand.So if you are interested in imaginary numbers, different types of infinity and hotels with infinite numbers of bedrooms that are full then this is for you.As a taster one section is about parallel lines meeting which I though was obviously impossible but then I was thing of a flat 2D surface. I never even considered parallel lines on a different shaped surface.

⭐Quite a stimulating read. It brings a lot of things together, setting out ,for example,the importance of prime numbers in cryptography and how this is used in everyday life to make electronic communications secure. It also shows a little of how mathematicians think. Interesting section on whether at the end mathematics is actually true. Not obvious.

⭐I have developed an interest in mathematics (in my 30’s) after years of just needing to know enough to get by and do my job (I work in programming and computing). And I found this book very interesting at explaining core concepts and bringing things together. It;s not in-depth, but its a great read.

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