The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060935580 (0060935588)
Publish date: April 27th 2004
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Academic,
Science,
Popular Science,
Physics,
Education,
History Of Science,
Mathematics
We use prime numbers everyday, every internet transaction uses these for security, and de Sautoy here gives us a history of the prime number, from the very early Greek mathematicians, to the modern day.The primary focus of the book is the Reimann Hypothesis. Du Sautoy gives a very readable histor...
Wow, I am not mathematically inclined at all but this was a thrill to read. what a talent to bring complex mathematics and the prime numbers to more people. Thanks to Du Sautoy. This book enriched my life.
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