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Teaching the Shakespeare of Mathematics
Marcus du Sautoy
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Department for Education
Draft National Curriculum Programmes of Study
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Department for Education
Draft National Curriculum Programmes of Study
English
to develop a student’s love of literature through widespread reading for enjoyment. Students will get to read Shakespeare, romantic poetry, the great
novels of the nineteenth century together with seminal works of world literature. Exposure to the great works of literature it is hoped will give
students an appreciation of our rich and varied literary heritage.
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Department for Education
Draft National Curriculum Programmes of Study
Science
by building on fundamental ideas and concepts the curriculum aims to foster in students an excitement and curiosity of natural phenomenon. Students will study the fundamental mechanics of the cell, learn about stem cells,
photosynthesis and genomics; they will be exposed to radiation (in a theoretical sense) and the evidence for the Big Bang.
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Department for Education
Draft National Curriculum Programmes of Study
Mathematics
Mathematics is a creative and highly inter-connected discipline that has been developed over centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most
intriguing problems. A high-quality mathematics education therefore provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason
mathematically, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.
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4 dimensional space
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( 12.392167, 41.824825 )
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Salvadore Dali’s Corpus Hypercubus.
Crucifixion on a tesseract, a four-dimensional cube
unwrapped in 3 dimensions
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A universe that is finite but without boundary
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A universe that is finite but without boundary
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A universe that is finite but without boundary
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A universe that is finite but without boundary
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Digital world maps out shapes in hyperspace
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Prime Numbers 2,3,5,7,11,13...
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Record Breaking Primes
2 57,885,161
-1 In 2013 a new record was set by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
This prime has over 17 million digits.
www.mersenne.org
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Olivier Messiaen: composer and mathematician
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Code cracking: Find two primes p and q so that
126,619 = p x q
Prime numbers are literally the key to making and breaking RSA, the cryptographic code that powers internet commerce
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From Terry Prachett's Thief of Time.
Susan is a teacher talking to her Head teacher:
"What precisely was it that you wanted madam?" she said. "It's just that I have left
the class doing algebra and they get restless when they've finished".
"Algebra?" said Madam Frout. "But that's far too difficult for seven-year-
olds!"
"Yes but I didn't tell them that, and so far they haven't found out" said Susan.
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https://soundcloud.com/abriefhistoryofmaths
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Teaching the Shakespeare of Mathematics
Marcus du Sautoy