Lack of maths funding will hinder UK’s scientific progress | Letter

Maths is the bedrock of all the sciences, but promised funding is yet to be delivered, writes Prof Ulrike Tillmann

The aim of making the UK a science superpower" is welcome, but the deficiencies in the government's strategy highlighted in a Lords report are only the start (Science superpower' plan risks making UK bureaucracy superpower, says peer, 4 August).

Lord Krebs compared the amount of bureaucracy involved to setting off on a marathon with your shoelaces tied together". However, the report barely mentions mathematics, the bedrock of all the sciences. Without a greater focus on the mathematical sciences, the nation is in danger of setting off on a marathon without any footwear.