Exploring Mathematics on your own

Why has Mathematics become so important in recent years? Why are industrialists and politicians so concerned about the shortage of
Mathematicians? Can the new electronic brains solve our mathematical problems faster and more accurately than a person and eliminate the need for Mathematicians? To answer these questions, we need to know what Mathematics is and how it is used. Mathematics is much more than arithmetic, which is the science of numbers and calculations. It is more than algebra, which is the language of symbols, operations and relations. It is much more than
geometry, which is the study of shapes, sizes and spaces. It is more than statistics, which is the science of interpreting data and graphs. It is more than calculus, which is the study of change, limits and infinity. Mathematics includes all of these and much more.