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The Music of the Primes Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters

Paperback • 2004 • English

The Music of the Primes Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters

By Marcus Du Sautoy

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About the book

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...Show more

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ISBN

9781841155807

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

The Music of the Primes Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters

Format

Paperback

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