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