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Proof and the Pudding

Proof and the Pudding

by Jim Henle

Mathematical recreationsMathematics, miscellaneaCookingFood, miscellaneaMathematics
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Argues that mathematics and cooking have a lot in common and explains that the best way to deal with cooking disasters is also the best way to solve math problems.

Themes & subjects

Mathematical recreationsMathematics, miscellaneaCookingFood, miscellaneaMathematicsMiscellanea

Author

Jim Henle

Pages

176

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Princeton University Press

ISBN

9781336195974

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