How to Bake Pi An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics

Name: How to Bake Pi An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
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ISBN: 9780465097678

ISBN-10: 0465097677

ISBN-13: 9780465097678

Edition: 2016

Authors: Eugenia Cheng

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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 béchamel 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…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 5/10/2016
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English