Prime Obsession by John Derbyshire

Prime Obsession by John Derbyshire

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.

JOHN DERBYSHIRE writes a regular column for National Review as a contributing editor. He also contributes to National Review Online on a regular basis and writes for a variety of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, American Conservative, Washington Examiner, and the New Criterion. He writes on mathematics and is the author of the books Prime Obsession and Unknown Quantity, in addition to his opinion journalism. His novel, Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream, was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. Derbyshire, a native of England, now lives with his wife and two children on Long Island, New York.

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ISBN 13	9780452285255
ISBN 10	0452285259
Title	Prime Obsession
Author	John Derbyshire
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2004-05-25
Number of pages	448
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