Proof and the Pudding (eBook)

What Mathematicians, Cooks, and You Have in Common

Jim Henle (Autor)

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2015
176 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6568-0 (ISBN)

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Jim Henle is the Myra M. Sampson Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Smith College. His books include Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic and Calculus: The Language of Change. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Tantalizing math puzzles and cooking recipes that show how mathematical thinking is like the culinary artsTie on your apron and step into Jim Henle's kitchen as he demonstrates how two equally savory pursuits-cooking and mathematics-have more in common than you realize. A tasty dish for gourmets of popular math, The Proof and the Pudding offers a witty and flavorful blend of mathematical treats and gastronomic delights that reveal how life in the mathematical world is tantalizingly similar to life in the kitchen.Take a tricky Sudoku puzzle and a cake that fell. Henle shows you that the best way to deal with cooking disasters is also the best way to solve math problems. Or take an L-shaped billiard table and a sudden desire for Italian potstickers. He explains how preferring geometry over algebra (or algebra over geometry) is just like preferring a California roll to chicken tikka masala. Do you want to know why playfulness is rampant in math and cooking? Or how to turn stinky cheese into an awesome ice cream treat? It's all here: original math and original recipes plus the mathematical equivalents of vegetarianism, Asian fusion, and celebrity chefs.Pleasurable and lighthearted, The Proof and the Pudding is a feast for the intellect as well as the palate.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.4.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 229 duotones.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Grundkochbücher
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Apple Pie • Baguette • baking • balsamic vinegar • Bread • Bread pan • broth • Brown stock • Butter • buttercream • Caramel • casserole • Cassoulet • checkerboard • Cheesecake • Cheese sandwich • Clam dip • clockwise • Cookbook • cooking • Coq au Vin • cornmeal • Corn Starch • corn syrup • Cream • cream cheese • Cuisine • custard • Dessert • diagonal • dough • dumpling • Farina (food) • finite Geometry • flour • French cuisine • Gastronomy • Geometry • Gnocchi • Grape-Nuts • griddle • grocery store • hazelnut • ice cream • ingredient • iron chef • irrational number • Jasmine rice • Jiaozi • Jousting • Lard • leeway • loaf • Marcella Hazan • Marjorie Senechal • mathematician • Mathematics • Matt Thorne • Mayonnaise • meal • Mozzarella • Negative number • noodle • Number Theory • olive oil • oven • Pancake • Panna Cotta • Parmigiano-Reggiano • Pasta • peanut oil • Pesto • Pink peppercorn • Pizza • plastic wrap • puff pastry • Recipe • rectangle • Rice Flour • roasting • Sans rival • Sauce • Sausage • Savoriness • sour cream • Spaghetti • spoonbread • stuffing • Subset • supermarket • tablespoon • Theorem • tomato sauce • vanilla extract • Vegetable • Vegetarianism • veggie burger • Vinegar • Whisk • Zwicker
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6568-9 / 1400865689
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6568-0 / 9781400865680