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How to bake : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics

Title
  • How to bake : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
  • How to bake [pi] : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
Author
Cheng, Eugenia
Publication
  • New York, NY : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Subject
  • Mathematics > Popular works
  • Mathematics
  • Metamathematics
  • Categories (Mathematics)
Genre/Form
Popular works.
Note
  • Includes index.
  • Includes recipes.
Contents
Pt. I. Math -- What is math? ; Abstraction ; Principles ; Process ; Generalization ; Internal vs. external ; Axiomatization ; What mathematics is -- Pt. II. Category theory -- What is category theory? ; Context ; Relationships ; Structure ; Sameness ; Universal properties ; What category theory is.
Call Number
JFE 16-8043
ISBN
  • 9780465051717
  • 0465051715
  • 9780465097678
  • 0465097677
LCCN
2014957937
OCLC
893455136
Author
Cheng, Eugenia, author.
Title
How to bake [pi] : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
Alternate Script for Title
How to bake : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
Publisher
New York, NY : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Description
288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Summary
"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.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-8043
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