Eugenia Cheng: 7 books

Book cover of La matematica dell'infinito

La matematica dell'infinito

Un viaggio ai confini del pensiero matematico

by Eugenia Cheng
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 25, 2018

«Il tono da salotto di Eugenia Cheng rende tutto semplice. Ha un talento per le analogie pop: ci illumina sulle proprietà dell’infinito parlando di Lego, iPod, snorkeling, torte e Winnie The Pooh. Rende un gran servizio mostrando a noi asinelli non matematici come funziona la creatività matematica» The...
Book cover of The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
by Eugenia Cheng
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018

How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth world In a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to readers drowning in the illogic...
Book cover of 如何烤一個數學Pi:14道甜點食譜,引導你學會數學思考
by 鄭樂雋(Eugenia Cheng)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: December 5, 2017

** ** 數學最強大的工具就是邏輯, 透過抽象化的思考,能把複雜的事情變簡單! ** ** 劍橋大學理論數學博士兼優秀烘焙師鄭樂雋, 結合看似完全不相關的烹飪與數學, 從一道道美味食譜引導出數學思考的精要, 讓你用全新的角度理解數學這門科學,消除你對數學的恐懼。 ** ** 本書在英、美創下數學科普書銷售佳績,被譯成六國語言 獲選美國《出版人周刊》(Publisher...
Book cover of How to Bake Pi

How to Bake Pi

An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics

by Eugenia Cheng
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015

One of the world's most creative mathematicians finds the meaning of mathematics in the kitchen in this "whimsical...rigorous and insightful" (New York Times) book 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,...
Book cover of Biscotti e radici quadrate

Biscotti e radici quadrate

Lezioni di matematica e pasticceria

by Eugenia Cheng
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 8, 2016

«Un libro facile da leggere, come cucinare una torta». The Observer «Dalla crema pasticcera alla teoria delle categorie, la matematica e la pasticceria non vi sembreranno più le stesse. Ma profondamente simili. Un banchetto goloso e brillante su che cos’è la matematica». Ian Stewart Che...
Book cover of L'arte della logica

L'arte della logica

Lo strumento più potente per pensare, scegliere e agire

by Eugenia Cheng
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 21, 2019

Oggi, in un mondo dominato da meme, fake news, tweet di 140 caratteri, dibattiti televisivi in cui si impone chi grida più forte, quale spazio resta per il ragionamento logico, la riflessione, la razionalità? La logica sembra ormai dominio esclusivo dei matematici, che la usano per esplorare una...
Book cover of Beyond Infinity

Beyond Infinity

An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics

by Eugenia Cheng
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017

A mind-expanding and funny trip to the edge of mathematics How big is the universe? How many numbers are there? And is infinity + 1 is the same as 1 + infinity? Such questions occur to young children and our greatest minds. And they are all the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity,...
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