How to Bake Pi

Eugenia Cheng (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2016
Basic Books (Verlag)
978-0-465-09767-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A Publishers Weekly best book of 2015

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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.

Autor

Eugenia Cheng is tenured in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield. She is the Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she currently lives.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.05.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 208 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 308 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Allgemeines / Lexika / Tabellen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Grundkochbücher
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre
• ISBN-10: 0-465-09767-7 / 0465097677
• ISBN-13: 978-0-465-09767-8 / 9780465097678
• Zustand: Neuware