Tantalizing math puzzles and cooking recipes that show how mathematical thinking is like the culinary arts
Tie on your apron and step into Jim Henle's kitchen as he demonstrates how two equally savory pursuitsācooking and mathematicsāhave more in common than you realize. A tasty dish for gourmets of popular math, The Proof and the Pudding offers a witty and flavorful blend of mathematical treats and gastronomic delights that reveal how life in the mathematical world is tantalizingly similar to life in the kitchen.
Take a tricky Sudoku puzzle and a cake that fell. Henle shows you that the best way to deal with cooking disasters is also the best way to solve math problems. Or take an L-shaped billiard table and a sudden desire for Italian potstickers. He explains how preferring geometry over algebra (or algebra over geometry) is just like preferring a California roll to chicken tikka masala. Do you want to know why playfulness is rampant in math and cooking? Or how to turn stinky cheese into an awesome ice cream treat? It's all here: original math and original recipes plus the mathematical equivalents of vegetarianism, Asian fusion, and celebrity chefs.
Pleasurable and lighthearted, The Proof and the Pudding is a feast for the intellect as well as the palate.
- 176 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Mad Scientist
- 2 The Arrogant Chef
- 3 Simple Tastes
- 4 Complex Flavors
- 5 The Discriminating Eater
- 6 The Persistent Cook
- 7 Gluttony
- 8 Vanity, Sloth, Parsimony, and Lust
- 9 On the Edge, and Over
- 10 Thinking Globally
- 11 Eating Locally
- 12 The Humble Cook
- 13 The Clueless Geek
- 14 Elegant Dishes
- 15 Food for the Masses
- 16 Good Food for the Masses
- 17 Just for Fun
- 18 Just to Be Weird
- 19 Celebrity Chefs
- 20 Economy
- 21 Ethics
- 22 Fusion
- 23 It All Comes Together
- 24 It All Falls Apart
- 25 A Proof and a Pudding
- Index
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