How to bake [pi] : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
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How to bake [pi] : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
How to bake [pi] : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
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New York, NY : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
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G 2015/2612
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English
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288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Math. What is math? ; Abstraction ; Principles ; Process ; Generalization ; Internal vs. external ; Axiomatization ; What mathematics is -- Category theory. What is category theory? ; Context ; Relationships ; Structure ; Sameness ; Universal properties ; What category theory is.
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New York, NY : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
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"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 d...
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How to bake [pi] : an edible exploration of the mathematics of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
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Includes index.
Includes recipes.
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©2015.
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G 2015/2612
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74VK7AgbqgzX
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9780465051717 hardcover
0465051715 hardcover
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510.1
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991022898689702626
