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What is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to do with it?
Join author Eugenia Cheng as she provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of mathematics, powered, unexpectedly, by insights from the kitchen.
In a lively program, hear Cheng explain, for example, how the bechamel in lasagna can be a lot like the number 5, and why making good custard proves that math is easy but life is hard.
Cheng's book, How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics (Basic Books), is available for signing.
A light reception with cake follows the event.
Making Math a Piece of Cake:
Eugenia Cheng on Cooking Up a Cutting-Edge Theory
Evening Program with Book Signing
Tues., Jun. 2 at 6:45 PM
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Is sharing a dessert equitably among three people ever a piece of cake? Eugenia Cheng demonstrates how 20th century Polish mathematician Hugo Steinhaus’s method of cake-cutting plays out in real life.
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