Maths
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WATCH
60 minute documentary where nine UK-based mathematicians offer insights into their mathematical thinking.
A Beautiful Mind
Hidden Figures
Good Will Hunting
The Imitation Game
Stand and deliver (part 1 of 9)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Pi
A Brilliant Young Mind
READ
All of these can be accessed via the School LRC
LISTEN
Humans – Matt Haig
The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets – Simon Singh
Humble Pi – Matt Parker
The Art of Statistics – David Speigelhalter
How To Make The World Add Up – Tim Harford
The Tiger That Isn’t – Michael Blastland
Fermat’s Last Theorem - Simon Singh
Factfulness – Hans Rosling
Humble Pi – a comedy of maths errors, - Matt Parker
Hello World, How to be Human in the age of the machine, - Dr Hannah Fry
Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics - Talithia Williams
COMPETITIONS
RESEARCH
CREST Award Days
BIg Bang Competitions
Faraday Challenge (IET)
If you apply for some prestigious Universities you will have to complete Maths Admission Tests
Learn how to use Geogebra (a maths piece of software)
You’ve likely seen this equation:
eiπ + 1 = 0
Where does it come from?
GapMInder – demonstrating global misconceptions
DollarStreet – comparing wealth across the globe
CREATE
VISITS
Without using graphing software, try and sketch:
y = x ln(x)
y = xx
y2 = x sin(x)
Try to integrate these challenging functions:
f(x) = sin(x)cos(x)
f(x) = exsin(x) f(x) = xx
