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The Music Of The Primes By Marcus Du Sautoy (Paperback, 2004)
The paperback of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematicianPrime numbers are the very atoms of arithmetic They also embody one of the most tantalising enigmas in the pursuit of human knowledge How can one predict when the next prime number will occur? Is there a formula which could generate primes? These apparently simple questions have confounded mathematicians ever since the Ancient GreeksIn 1859 the brilliant German mathematician Bernard Riemann put forward an idea which finally seemed to reveal a magical harmony at work in the numerical landscape The promise that these eternal unchanging numbers would finally reveal their secret thrilled mathematicians around the world Yet Riemann a hypochondriac and a troubled perfectionist
never publicly provided a proof for his hypothesis and his housekeeper burnt all his personal papers on his deathWhoever cracks Riemann's hypothesis will go down in history for it has implications far beyond mathematics In business it is the lynchpin for security and e-commerce In science it has critical ramifications in Quantum Mechanics Chaos Theory and the future of computing Pioneers in each of these fields are racing to crack the code and a prize of 1 million has been offered to the winner As yet it remains unsolvedIn this breathtaking book mathematician Marcus du Sautoy tells the story of the eccentric and brilliant men who have struggled to solve one of the biggest mysteries in science It is a story of strange journeys last-minute escapes from death and the unquenchable thirst for
knowledge Above all it is a moving and awe-inspiring evocation of the mathematician's world and the beauties and mysteries it contains
never publicly provided a proof for his hypothesis and his housekeeper burnt all his personal papers on his deathWhoever cracks Riemann's hypothesis will go down in history for it has implications far beyond mathematics In business it is the lynchpin for security and e-commerce In science it has critical ramifications in Quantum Mechanics Chaos Theory and the future of computing Pioneers in each of these fields are racing to crack the code and a prize of 1 million has been offered to the winner As yet it remains unsolvedIn this breathtaking book mathematician Marcus du Sautoy tells the story of the eccentric and brilliant men who have struggled to solve one of the biggest mysteries in science It is a story of strange journeys last-minute escapes from death and the unquenchable thirst for
knowledge Above all it is a moving and awe-inspiring evocation of the mathematician's world and the beauties and mysteries it contains
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