The Excitement Of Maths; Gcse

Why is maths so important to scientists, such as physicists, chemists and biologists? The answer is that everything in both the academic and mundane world involves maths. Every object you can see or can`t even see with the naked eye contains a large number of atoms, and maths is partly all about numbers. Also, objects have finite size, and size involves numbers, which again is maths. So whilst subjects such as chemistry, biology, physics and qualitative subjects, maths is a highly quantitative subject, and they all work together in tandem. But maths isn`t simply about simple numbers, whether large or small. Maths can involve great complexity or apparent complexity too, for example, fractals, random maths, permutations and combinations, statistics, and of course academic maths, which itself is very exciting to me. But maths can also be pleasing to the eye, with simple geometrical symmetrical repetitive patterns repeated thousands or millions of times. So maths can be beautifully simple, or incredibly complex. And maths can be incredibly small or unimaginably vast. And maths isn`t just beautiful, it`s very useful in the modern world, without which there is no progress in modern civilisation. And maths is also so important in the world of business, economics, finance, retail, commerce, survival. So maths is everywhere!

GCSE maths includes algebra, which is about solving unknowns such as x in alegraic equations using the four basic operations: plus, minus, times, divide; as well as powers of x and y and sometimes also z; geometry is about different types of symmetrical and semitsymmetrical shapes, equations for calculating their volumes and surface areas; their reflections, rotations about a point; calculating gradients using a graph as well as equations; trigononmetry involves calculating the length of a chord or other various lines AB using knowledge of mathematical equations as well as trigonometrical laws of circles; geometry also involves calculating bearings not only from North but also from other directions; trigonometry also involves sines, cosines, tangents, various trigonometric identities, being able to apply given worked out trigonometric equations; being able to calculate angles and parts of a triangle using trigonometric equations.