How to bake pi

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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, for example, how the bechamel 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. Of course, it's not all about cooking; we'll also run the New York and Chicago marathons, take a closer look at St. Paul's Cathedral, pay visits to Cinderella and Lewis Carroll, and even get to the bottom of why we think of a tomato as a vegetable. 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. This is not the math of our high school classes: seen through category theory, mathematics becomes less about numbers and formulas and more about how we know, believe, and understand anything, including whether our brother took too much cake. Many of us think that math is hard, but, as Cheng makes clear, math is actually designed to make difficult things easier. Combined with her infectious enthusiasm for cooking and a true zest for life, Cheng's perspective on math becomes this singular book: a funny, lively, and clear journey through a vast territory no popular book on math has explored before. How to Bake Pi offers a whole new way to think about a field all of us think we know; it will both dazzle the constant reader of popular mathematics and amuse and enlighten even the most hardened math-phobe. So, what is math? Let's look for the answer in the kitchen.

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How To Bake Pi

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What is maths all about and what on earth do cake and custard have to do with it the fabulous eugenia cheng s entertaining guide to mathematical thinking available now in paperback m bius bagels euclid s flourless chocolate cake and apple pi this is maths but not as you know it in how to b Uiterlijk 24 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

How to Bake Pi

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M bius bagels euclid s flourless chocolate cake and apple pi this is maths but not as you know it in how to bake pi mathematical crusader and star baker eugenia cheng has rustled up a batch of delicious culinary insights into everything from simple numeracy to category theory the mathematic Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Beyond Infinity

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Inside the weird and wonderful world of infinity from endless hotels to bottomless cookie jars now in paperback even small children know there are infinitely many whole numbers start counting and you ll never reach the end but there are also infinitely many decimal numbers between zero and on Uiterlijk 24 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 05 mei 2015

Aantal pagina's: 304

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Eugenia Cheng

Hoofduitgeverij: Basic Books

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 162 mm

Product hoogte: 25 mm

Product lengte: 241 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 156 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 235 mm

Verpakking lengte: 235 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 514 g

EAN: 9780465051717

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