| Prime Obsession: Berhhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Contributor(s): Derbyshire, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452285259 ISBN-13: 9780452285255 Publisher: Plume Books OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: Alternating passages of extraordinarily lucid mathematical exposition with chapters of elegantly composed biography and history, "Prime Obsession" is a fascinating and fluent account of an epic mathematical mystery that continues to challenge and excite the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Mathematics | History & Philosophy - Mathematics | Number Theory |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002156310 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.38" W x 7.98" (0.82 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The definitive story of the Riemann Hypothesis, a fascinating and epic mathematical mystery that continues to challege the world. In 1859, Bernhard Riemann, a little-known thirty-two year old mathematician, made a hypothesis while presenting a paper to the Berlin Academy titled "On the Number of Prime Numbers Less Than a Given Quantity." Today, after 150 years of careful research and exhaustive study, the Riemann Hyphothesis remains unsolved, with a one-million-dollar prize earmarked for the first person to conquer it. Alternating passages of extraordinarily lucid mathematical exposition with chapters of elegantly composed biography and history, Prime Obsession is a fascinating and fluent account of an epic mathematical mystery that continues to challenge and excite the world. |
