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Cakes, Custard and Category Theory: Easy Recipes for Understanding Complex Maths

by phaet0n on 6/5/15, 4:01 PM with 10 comments

  • by kqr2 on 6/5/15, 10:19 PM

    In the US, the book's title has been changed to How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics

    Perhaps the publisher thought that "category theory" might not work well for American audiences?

    http://smile.amazon.com/How-Bake-Pi-Exploration-Mathematics/...

  • by wumbernang on 6/5/15, 9:24 PM

    Interesting - thanks for posting. Will grab a copy of that.

    I seem to collect mathematics books. However this is still my favourite book on mathematics and only because it was written by a surgeon rather than a mathematician: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/383087.Mathematics

    Warning: Took me a couple of years to get through.

    Oh and 1946 copy of Calculus for the Practical Man by J E Thompson.

  • by jlees on 6/6/15, 12:02 AM

    This sounds like a lovely book. Can't say I'm a huge fan of the "maths for girls" angle, but anything that makes mathematics more accessible is great.

  • by Dewie3 on 6/6/15, 1:50 AM

    > Despite the fact that the number of students taking A-level maths has risen in recent years and that girls outperform boys at GCSE, the number of girls taking A-level mathematics is proportionally much lower.

    Grab the nearest popcorn and watch the gender wars unfold.