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Poincare's Prize

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#350733
Titel	Poincare's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles
Auteur	Szpiro, George G.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York, NY : Dutton
Jaar van uitgave	2007
ISBN10	0525950249
ISBN13	9780525950240
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	he 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 Poincaré developed the Poincaré 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.
Pagina's	309
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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