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.
