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Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Paperback - 2004
by Derbyshire, John
- New
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.
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- Title Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
- Author Derbyshire, John
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Plume, New York
- Date 2004-05-25
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # OTF-Y-9780452285255
- ISBN 9780452285255 / 0452285259
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 7.98 x 5.38 x 0.95 in (20.27 x 13.67 x 2.41 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Numbers, Prime, Series
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002156310
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
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.
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- Science, 06/05/2009, Page 1268