Prime Obsession
Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
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Publisher Description
In August of 1859 Bernhard Riemann, a 32-year old mathematician, posed a deceptively simple question to the Berlin Academy: Is there a general rule for figuring out how many prime numbers there are? More than 150 years later, the solution to this critical problem eludes our grasp.
Alternating chapters of extraordinarily lucid mathematical exposition with chapters of biography and history, Prime Obsession is a fascinating and fluent account of an epic mathematical mystery that continues to challenge and excite the world.
GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2003
April 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
Joseph Henry Press
SELLER
National Academy of Sciences
SIZE
5.3
MB