How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics - Tapa blanda

Cheng, Eugenia

 
9780465097678: How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
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ISBN 10: 0465097677 ISBN 13: 9780465097678
Editorial: BASIC BOOKS, 2016

Sinopsis

One of the world's most creative mathematicians finds the meaning of mathematics in the kitchen in this "whimsical...rigorous and insightful" (New York Times) book

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.

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Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an Honorary Visiting Fellow at City, University of London. She has authored numerous titles, including How to Bake Pi, Beyond Infinity, The Art of Logic, and x + y. Cheng lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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.

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Editorial
BASIC BOOKS
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0465097677
ISBN 13 
9780465097678
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
304
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