How to Bake Pi

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How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
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First edition
AuthorEugenia Cheng
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMathematics
GenrePopular mathematics
PublisherBasic Books
Publication date
2015
Publication placeUnited States
Pages288
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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, a branch of mathematics that formalizes mathematical structure and its concepts.

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