<p>Inthe tradition of Fermat’s Enigma and Pi, Marcus du Sautoy tells the illuminating, authoritative, and engagingstory of Bernhard Reimann and the ongoing quest tocapture the holy grail of mathematics—the formula to predict prime numbers.Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, calls TheMusic of the Primes “an amazing book. . . . I could not put it down once Ihad started.” Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman,writes, “this fascinating account, decoding the inscrutable language of themathematical priesthood, is written like the purest poetry. Marcus du Sautoy's enthusiasm shines through every line of this hymnto the joy of high intelligence, illuminating as it does so even the darkestcorners of his most arcane universe.”</p>

The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics

Science & Math

Du Sautoy, Marcus

Mathematics

Harper Perennial

Reference

Harper

<p>A history of mathematics from the cutting-edge of present-day research, this book tells the story of the most idiosyncratic and most fundamental numbers in pure mathematics, the primes. When counting, primes (numbers only divisible by one and themselves) appear without any reason or rhythm. To a non-mathematician this may s</p>

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

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Fourth Estate Ltd

A los niños les enseñan en la escuela que los números primos sólo pueden dividirse por sí mismos y por la unidad. Lo que no les enseñan es que los números primos representan el misterio más fascinante al que nos enfrentamos en nuestra búsqueda del conocimiento. ¿Cómo predecir cuál va a ser el siguiente número primo de una s

La música de los números primos: El enigna de un problema matemático abierto (Acantilado/ Cliff) (Spanish Edition)

Acantilado

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