About the work of mathematics: specialty and vocation: the role of mathematics in cognition. Several mathematical tasks

The book of outstanding mathematician and laureate of the USSR State Prize B.V. Gnedenko gives an idea of ​​the role that mathematics plays in the modern world, shows how it studies the phenomena of the world around us and allows you to get results that are useful in practical activities. One of the chapters is devoted to the presentation of the facts of modern mathematical knowledge at the elementary level. The author pays special attention to the variety of creative activities of mathematics and talks about the process of mathematical creativity, introduces readers to the emergence of scientific mathematical schools of Moscow University.
The book is written in a simple and understandable language and will be useful for high school students of secondary school, students of the first courses of universities and pedagogical institutions. It can also be useful to teachers of mathematics of secondary schools and technical schools