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30 for 30 Tok: IB Mathematics - Applications and Interpretation: The Thinking Behind the Subject

by James Cartwright
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798180460196
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 208
  • Original Price: GBP 7.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 259 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Applied

When mathematics is applied to the real world, it gains practical power and loses some of its certainty. Models are simplifications. Statistics depend on what was measured and what was left out. This book examines what happens to mathematical knowledge when it meets reality.

30 For 30 TOK: IB Mathematics - Applications and Interpretation is the twenty-third book in the 30 For 30 TOK series, which pairs thirty IB diploma subjects with thirty searching questions about the nature of the knowledge it produces. This volume focuses on the IB Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation course, asking questions about mathematical modelling, statistical reasoning, data, algorithms, and the consequences of an era in which mathematical systems make decisions that most people cannot interrogate.

From the arbitrariness of the five percent significance threshold to the epistemology of survivorship bias, from the cultural assumptions embedded in graph design to the ethical implications of algorithmic decision-making, the thirty questions in this book press on what applied mathematical knowledge does in the world. Sample responses model what careful, critical thinking about mathematics in context looks like in practice.

Designed for IB Maths AI students, teachers, TOK educators, and anyone who wants to understand why mathematics is the language of the modern world and what that means for the rest of us.

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