Poincare's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles by Szpiro, George G.

Poincare's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles

The amazing story of one of the greatest math problems of all time and the reclusive genius...
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Author: George G. Szpiro
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Language: English
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Poincare's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles by Szpiro, George G.

Poincare's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles

CHF 33.36

Poincare's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles

CHF 33.36
Author: George G. Szpiro
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The amazing story of one of the greatest math problems of all time and the reclusive genius who solved it

In the tradition of Fermat's Enigma and Prime Obsession, George Szpiro brings to life the giants of mathematics who struggled to prove a theorem for a century and the mysterious man from St. Petersburg, Grigory Perelman, who fi nally accomplished the impossible. In 1904 Henri Poincar developed the Poincar Conjecture, an attempt to understand higher-dimensional space and possibly the shape of the universe. The problem was he couldn't prove it. A century later it was named a Millennium Prize problem, one of the seven hardest problems we can imagine. Now this holy grail of mathematics has been found.

Accessibly interweaving history and math, Szpiro captures the passion, frustration, and excitement of the hunt, and provides a fascinating portrait of a contemporary noble-genius.

Author: George G. Szpiro
Publisher: Plume Books
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780452289642
Audience: Young Adult

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