The pleasure of eating, the art of cuisine, the science of nutrition, and the technology for food preparation, represent various facets of the most basic of human needs, that of finding every day the energy to supply to our body. Food processing has for a long time evolved from an artisanal activity to large industry, with a progressive involvement of multinational factories operating at a planetary level. Surprisingly as it may be, over the past few years, a tight bond has been consolidated between the food industry and mathematics, i.e., the science that has always been (erroneously!) considered as the farthest from the primary human needs.
Mathematics and food: a tasty binomium
Paglieri, Luca;Quarteroni, Alfio
2009-01-01
Abstract
The pleasure of eating, the art of cuisine, the science of nutrition, and the technology for food preparation, represent various facets of the most basic of human needs, that of finding every day the energy to supply to our body. Food processing has for a long time evolved from an artisanal activity to large industry, with a progressive involvement of multinational factories operating at a planetary level. Surprisingly as it may be, over the past few years, a tight bond has been consolidated between the food industry and mathematics, i.e., the science that has always been (erroneously!) considered as the farthest from the primary human needs.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
