How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
ISBN-13:
9780465097678
ISBN-10:
0465097677
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Eugenia Cheng
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Paperback
304 pages
Category:
Essays
,
Cooking Education & Reference
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ISBN-13:
9780465097678
ISBN-10:
0465097677
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Eugenia Cheng
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
Basic Books
Format:
Paperback
304 pages
Category:
Essays
,
Cooking Education & Reference
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How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics (ISBN-13: 9780465097678 and ISBN-10: 0465097677), written by authors
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One of the world's most creative mathematicians finds the meaning of mathematics in the kitchen in this "whimsical...rigorous and insightful" (New York Times) book
What is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to do with it? In How to Bake Pi, math professor Eugenia Cheng provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of mathematics, powered, unexpectedly, by insights from the kitchen. We learn how the bechamel in a lasagna can be a lot like the number five, and why making a good custard proves that math is easy but life is hard. At the heart of it all is Cheng's work on category theory, a cutting-edge "mathematics of mathematics," that is about figuring out how math works.
Combined with her infectious enthusiasm for cooking and true zest for life, Cheng's perspective on math is a funny journey through a vast territory no popular book on math has explored before. So, what is math? Let's look for the answer in the kitchen.
What is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to do with it? In How to Bake Pi, math professor Eugenia Cheng provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of mathematics, powered, unexpectedly, by insights from the kitchen. We learn how the bechamel in a lasagna can be a lot like the number five, and why making a good custard proves that math is easy but life is hard. At the heart of it all is Cheng's work on category theory, a cutting-edge "mathematics of mathematics," that is about figuring out how math works.
Combined with her infectious enthusiasm for cooking and true zest for life, Cheng's perspective on math is a funny journey through a vast territory no popular book on math has explored before. So, what is math? Let's look for the answer in the kitchen.
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