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The joy of abstraction : = an exploration of math, category theory, and life /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The joy of abstraction :/ Eugenia Cheng.
Reminder of title:	an exploration of math, category theory, and life /
Author:	Cheng, Eugenia,
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 424 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Oct 2022).
Subject:	Mathematics - Social aspects. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108769389
ISBN:	9781108769389 (ebook)

The joy of abstraction : = an exploration of math, category theory, and life /
Cheng, Eugenia,

The joy of abstraction :an exploration of math, category theory, and life /Eugenia Cheng. - 1 online resource (xiv, 424 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Oct 2022).

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.

ISBN: 9781108769389 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

768871
Mathematics
--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: QA10.7 / .C44 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 510

The joy of abstraction : = an exploration of math, category theory, and life /
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