Prime Obsession - Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
Author(s): John Derbyshire
An intriguing look inside one of the great mathematical mysteries explains the fundamental elements of the nineteenth-century German mathematician's discovery and its implications, and features a profile of Bernhard Reimann and a history of mathematics in relation to his hypothesis.
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A math book that reads like a mystery novel. ("The Christian Science Monitor") Derbyshireas attempt to take nonmathematicians into this subject had me on the edge of my seat. ("Los Angeles Times") Riemann and his colleagues come to life as real characters and not just adjectives for conjectures and theorems. ("Scientific American")
General Fields
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- : Plume
- : Plume
- : 0.363
- : 01 June 2004
- : 203mm X 140mm X 19mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : John Derbyshire
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 512.73
- : good
- : xvi, 422
- : illustrations