UGEB2460 - Appreciation of Mathematics - 2023/24

General Information

Lecturer

• Cheung Leung Fu
  • Office: Lady Shaw Bldg. 209
  • Tel: 39437961
  • Email:
  • Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching Assistant

• Chen Meiguang
  • Office: Academic Building 1, 614
  • Tel: 39434109
  • Email:

Course Description

In this course, we plan to give the student a guided tour to mathematics and its applications, from antiquity to the present day. It is hoped that student can acquire a reasonable picture on what math is about and understand the way mathematical reasoning works in most practical cases.

Textbooks

• We will use selected pages from the following two reference books.

References

• The Maths Book
• Math Without Numbers