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The Music of the Primes: Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters
20 years later The Music of the Primes is still a groundbreaking popular science book. This new edition features updates from the author and a foreword by actor and director, Simon McBurney.
In 1859, the German mathematician Bernhard Riemann presented a paper to the Berlin Academy which would change the history of mathematics. The subject was the strange and enigmatic prime numbers. At the heart of the presentation was an idea, a hypothesis, that Riemann had not yet proved but which has come to obsess mathematicians for the last 150 years. No one knows if he ever found the proof; on his death his housekeeper burnt all the personal papers. Today, the hypothesis is considered by many the holy grail of mathematics but has significance far beyond maths.
In 1859, the German mathematician Bernhard Riemann presented a paper to the Berlin Academy which would change the history of mathematics. The subject was the strange and enigmatic prime numbers. At the heart of the presentation was an idea, a hypothesis, that Riemann had not yet proved but which has come to obsess mathematicians for the last 150 years. No one knows if he ever found the proof; on his death his housekeeper burnt all the personal papers. Today, the hypothesis is considered by many the holy grail of mathematics but has significance far beyond maths.
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Publisher : HarperPerennial (6 Sept. 2004)
Language : English
Paperback : 366 pages
ISBN-10 : 1841155802
ISBN-13 : 978-1841155807
Dimensions : 13 x 2.34 x 19.71 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 17,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
9 in History & Philosophy of Mathematics
14 in History of Mathematics
15 in Mathematical Numbers
Customer reviews: 4.5
494 ratings
Publisher : HarperPerennial (6 Sept. 2004)
Language : English
Paperback : 366 pages
ISBN-10 : 1841155802
ISBN-13 : 978-1841155807
Dimensions : 13 x 2.34 x 19.71 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 17,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
9 in History & Philosophy of Mathematics
14 in History of Mathematics
15 in Mathematical Numbers
Customer reviews: 4.5
494 ratings
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