How To Bake π: An Edible Exploration Of The Mathematics Of Mathematics [AZW3]
E-Book Overview
"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"--;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.
E-Book Information
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Series: How to Bake Pi
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Year: 2016;2015
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City: New York
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Pages: 288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Language: English
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Identifier: 9780465097678,0465097677
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Org File Size: 8,551,184
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Extension: azw3
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Tags:
Categories (Mathematics.)
Categories (Mathematics)
Mathematics
Metamathematics
Popular works
Mathematics -- Popular works
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Toc: 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.