Title:
How to bake [pi] : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
How to bake π : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
Author:
Cheng, Eugenia, author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
©2015
Call Number:
QA93 .C48 2015
Abstract:
"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, for example, how the béchamel in a lasagna can be a lot like the number 5, and why making a good custard proves that math is easy but life is hard."--Publisher description.
ISBN:
9780465051717
Physical Description:
288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Includes recipes.
Contents:
Math. What is math? ; Abstraction ; Principles ; Process ; Generalization ; Internal vs. external ; Axiomatization ; What mathematics is -- Category theory. What is category theory? ; Context ; Relationships ; Structure ; Sameness ; Universal properties ; What category theory is.
Personal Author:
