How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics

One of the world's most creative mathematicians finds the meaning of mathematics in the kitchen

"Whimsical...rigorous and insightful." -New York Times

What is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to do with it? 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 how the bechamel in a lasagna can be a lot like t...