How to Bake Pi

How to Bake Pi is a popular mathematics book by Eugenia Cheng published in 2015. Each chapter of the book begins with a recipe for a dessert, to illustrate the methods and principles of mathematics and how they relate to one another. The book is an explanation of the foundations and architecture of Category theory. Category theory is a branch of mathematics that formalizes mathematical structure and its concepts. Cheng received her PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2002 and is currently a senior lecturer of pure mathematics at the University of Sheffield[1] and a senior lecturer in liberal arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[2]

How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
Cover of the 2016 paperback edition
AuthorEugenia Cheng
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMathematics
GenrePopular mathematics
PublisherBasic Books
Publication date
2015
Pages288
ISBN978-0-465-05171-7

References

  1. University of Sheffield. "Dr Eugenia Cheng". maths.dept.shef.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  2. "SAIC - Eugenia Cheng - School of the Art Institute of Chicago". saic.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-12.


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