MATHEMATICS IN THE

MODERN WORLD

CHAPTER 1
THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICS
 LESSON #1
MATHEMATIC
S IN OUR
WORLD
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, you should be
able to perform the following tasks:
1. Identify patterns in nature and regularities in
the world.
2. Articulate the importance of mathematics in
one’s life.
3. Argue about the nature of mathematics, what
is it, how it is expressed, represented, and
used.
4. Express appreciation for mathematics as a
human endeavor.
The Beauty of
Mathematics
Some Famous Mathematicians of
Modern Time
“Those laws of nature are within
the grasp of the human mind; God
wanted us to recognize them by
creating us after his own image so
that we could share his own
thoughts”
- Johannes Kepler