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Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

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Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

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 titledÂ â€œOn the Number of Prime Numbers Less Than a Given Quantity.â€Â 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.
Country USA
Brand Plume
Manufacturer Plume
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780452285255
Color Yellow
ReleaseDate 2004-05-25
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780452285255

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