Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
by John Derbyshire
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0309085497
- ISBN 13
- 9780309085496
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Synopsis
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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- Barnes And Nooyen Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2403270066
- Title
- Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
- Author
- John Derbyshire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- ISBN 10
- 0309085497
- ISBN 13
- 9780309085496
- Publisher
- Joseph Henry Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.c., U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2003-04-23
- Size
- 5x1x8
- X weight
- 20 oz
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