"Whimsical...rigorous and insightful." -- New York Times Book Review
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 béchamel 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.
How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics read online free book
How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics free ebook pdf epub
How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics read online
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