The Proof and the Pudding : : What Mathematicians, Cooks, and You Have in Common / / Jim Henle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Henle, Jim,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.) :; 229 duotones.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400865680; 9783110665925
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400865680?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jim Henle.

Tie on your apron and step into Jim Henle's kitchen as he demonstrates how two equally savory pursuits-cooking and mathematics-have 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.