How to Bake [Symbol for Pi]

How to Bake [Symbol for Pi] Easy Recipes for Understanding Complex Maths

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Publisher's Synopsis

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*

Book information

ISBN: 9781781252888
Publisher: Profile
Imprint: Profile Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 510
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 4231
Number of pages: xi, 291
Weight: 214g
Height: 131mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 21mm