Document Type
Review
Publication Date
5-2015
Department 1
Mathematics
Abstract
If you think about it, mathematics is really just one big analogy. For one example, the very concept of the number three is an drawing an analogy between a pile with three rocks, a collection of three books, and a plate with three carrots on it. For another, the idea of a group is drawing an analogy between adding real numbers, multiplying matrices, and many other mathematical structures. So much of what we do as mathematicians involves abstracting concrete things, and what is abstraction other than a big analogy? [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Glass, Darren. "Book Review: How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics." Mathematical Association of America (May 2015).
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version is available from the Mathematical Association of America.
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Applied Mathematics Commons, Logic and Foundations of Mathematics Commons, Mathematics Commons, Other Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons