Count Us in - How to Make Maths Real for All of Us

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Cyfrol sy'n ceisio dangos pam y mae mathemateg yn berthnasol i bawb ac yn rhan na turiol o etifeddiaeth ddiwylliannol pawb o bob oed. 8 llun lliw.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Find out why maths really is for you, for your children and for your grandchildren, and why it's a natural part of your cultural heritage. 8 colour illustrations.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Figures and plates Acknowledgements Foreword 1 More cabbage, anyone? 2 Meeting of minds 3 Nothing will come of nothing 4 Setting the Recorde straight 5 Neither a borrower nor a lender be 6 Amazing Mayans 7 What do you reckon? 8 Prairie power 9 Putting down digital roots 10 Areas of (mis)understanding 11 Cracking the code 12 Does mathematics have a gender? 13 How to make maths real for all of us Appendix Answers to Puzzles Notes on Chapters Further Reading Index

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Gareth Ffowc Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Education at Bangor University, and has particular interests in the acquisition of mathematical concepts within bilingual contexts.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Mathematics, like language, is a universal experience. Every society counts and is empowered by its ability to count and to measure. The mathematical processes developed within various cultures differ widely, and Count us in explores these cultural links, drawing examples from the author’s personal experiences. The process of counting, like the process of communicating with words, is common to all societies worldwide but, just as there is a rich variety of languages, so too is there a rich variety in methods of counting and of recording numbers – methods that have developed over centuries to meet the needs of various groups of people. The narrative of this book takes the form of a collection of short stories based on the author’s personal experience, linked together by a number of sub-themes. As a popular book on mathematics and on the personalities who created that mathematics, there are no prerequisites beyond the reader’s rudimentary and possibly hazy recollection of primary-school mathematics and a curiosity to know more.