Why Study Mathematics?
1st Edition
Published on 27. October 2020
208 pages
978-1-913019-13-6 (ISBN)
Description
Considering studying mathematics at university? Wondering whether a mathematics degree will get you a good job, and what you might earn? Want to know what it's actually like to study mathematics at degree level? This book tells you what you need to know. Studying any subject at degree level is an investment in the future that involves significant cost. Now more than ever, students and their parents need to weigh up the potential benefits of university courses. That's where the Why Study series comes in. This series of books, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in practical terms the range and scope of an academic subject at university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or further study. Each book sets out to enthuse the reader about its subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus does not.
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Why Study Mathematics?
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Vicky Neale is the Whitehead Lecturer at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, and a Supernumerary Fellow at Balliol College. She teaches pure mathematics to undergraduates and combines this with work on public engagement with mathematics: she gives public lectures, leads workshops with school students, and has appeared on numerous BBC radio and television programmes. One of her current interests is in using knitting and crochet to explore mathematical ideas. She's the author of "Closing the Gap: The Quest to Understand Prime Numbers" (Oxford University Press, 2017). You can visit her website (https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/neale/) and follow her on Twitter (@VickyMaths1729) for more information and updates.
