Langbeschreibung
We are surrounded by images and warnings of impending environmental disaster. The threats posed by climate change, mass extinction, economic depression and other global challenges are regularly reported, discussed and debated. People have access to huge amounts of information, from the most rigorous scientific data to the most malicious misinformation. And all of it depends on mathematics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Section 1. A Critical Stance on Global Issues 1. The Role of Mathematics in Shaping our World 2. The Ecomony 3. Climate Change 4. Food 5. Biodiversity 6. Towards a Mathematics for Human Rights and Social Justice Section 2. Into the Classroom as if the Planet Matters 7. Critical Mathematics Education - from theory to practice 8. Starting from Statistics 9. Starting from Algebra 10. Starting from Number 11. Starting from Geometry 12. Starting from Probability