How to Bake Pi
Eugenia Cheng
Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Mathematik
Beschreibung
Möbius 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 mathematics of mathematics'), via Fermat, Poincaré and Riemann.
Maths is much more than simultaneous equations and pr2 : it is an incredibly powerful tool for thinking about the world around us. And once you learn how to think mathematically, you'll never think about anything - cakes, custard, bagels or doughnuts; not to mention fruit crumble, kitchen clutter and Yorkshire puddings - the same way again.
Stuffed with moreish puzzles and topped with a generous dusting of wit and charm, How to Bake Pi is a foolproof recipe for a mathematical feast.
*Previously published under the title Cakes, Custard & Category Theory*
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A brilliant gourmet feast of what maths is really about
Quirky recipes, personal anecdotes and a large dollop of equations are the key ingredients in this alternative guide to maths and the scientific process. You should find it as easy as cooking a pie.
It would be wonderful if this book attracted a new audience to the field. And there's no better ambassador (or dinner-party host, I'
A concert pianist, mathematician, polyglot and now YouTube star, Cheng has carved out quite a niche for herself demystifying maths through cake. It's a <i>Beautiful-Mind</i>-meets- <i>Scott-Pilgrim</i> kind of mission, and Cheng brings to it an ebullient enthusiasm that'
An entertaining introduction to the beauty of mathematics by drawing on insights from the kitchen
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