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The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life

By Eugenia Cheng

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9781108477222, 9781108769389, 9781108708449
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2847175 bytes)
Edition
New
Pages
438\439
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Time added
2024-10-05 12:11:43

Description

Mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to show you that mathematics can be flexible, creative, and visual. This joyful journey through the world of abstract mathematics into category theory will demystify mathematical thought processes and help you develop your own thinking, with no formal mathematical background needed. The book brings abstract mathematical ideas down to earth using examples of social justice, current events, and everyday life – from privilege to COVID-19 to driving routes. The journey begins with the ideas and workings of abstract mathematics, after which you will gently climb toward more technical material, learning everything needed to understand category theory, and then key concepts in category theory like natural transformations, duality, and even a glimpse of ongoing research in higher-dimensional category theory. For fans of How to Bake Pi, this will help you dig deeper into mathematical concepts and build your mathematical background.

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