{"product_id":"how-to-bake-pi-an-edible-exploration-of-the-mathematics-of-mathematics","title":"How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eHow to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eEugenia Cheng\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780465051717\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBasic Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to do with it? In \u003ci\u003eHow to Bake Pi\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 bechamel 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. Of course, it's not all about cooking; we'll also run the New York and Chicago marathons, take a closer look at St. Paul's Cathedral, pay visits to Cinderella and Lewis Carroll, and even get to the bottom of why we think of a tomato as a vegetable. At the heart of it all is Cheng's work on category theory, a cutting-edge \"mathematics of mathematics,\" that is about figuring out how math works. This is not the math of our high school classes: seen through category theory, mathematics becomes less about numbers and formulas and more about how we know, believe, and understand anything, including whether our brother took too much cake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of us think that math is hard, but, as Cheng makes clear, math is actually designed to make difficult things easier. Combined with her infectious enthusiasm for cooking and a true zest for life, Cheng's perspective on math becomes this singular book: a funny, lively, and clear journey through a vast territory no popular book on math has explored before. \u003ci\u003eHow to Bake Pi\u003c\/i\u003e offers a whole new way to think about a field all of us think we know; it will both dazzle the constant reader of popular mathematics and amuse and enlighten even the most hardened math-phobe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo, what is math? Let's look for the answer in the kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics | Eugenia Cheng | Hardcover | 9780465051717 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks C 1780574","offer_id":49947804467352,"sku":"1780574","price":12.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51q0aTAkA0L.jpg?v=1789782469","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/how-to-bake-pi-an-edible-exploration-of-the-mathematics-of-mathematics","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}