Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
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| Management number | 233343545 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | $5.58 | Model Number | 233343545 | ||
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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 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. Read more
| ASIN | 0452285259 |
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| ISBN10 | 9780452285255 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0452285255 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Plume |
| Dimensions | 5.2 x 0.94 x 7.91 inches |
| Item Weight | 12.4 ounces |
| Print length | 448 pages |
| Publication date | May 25, 2004 |
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