| Description |
288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Math -- What is math? ; Abstraction ; Principles ; Process ; Generalization ; Internal vs. external ; Axiomatization ; What mathematics is -- Pt. II. Category theory -- What is category theory? ; Context ; Relationships ; Structure ; Sameness ; Universal properties ; What category theory is. |
| Summary |
"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."--Publisher description. |
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Includes recipes. |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Popular works.
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Mathematics.
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Metamathematics.
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Categories (Mathematics)
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| ISBN |
9780465051717 (hardcover) |
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0465051715 (hardcover) |
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9780465097678 (paperback) |
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0465097677 (paperback) |
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9780465051694 (e-book) |
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