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The Number Mysteries

✍ Scribed by du Sautoy, Marcus

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Category
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✦ Synopsis

Explains how the prime numbers have fascinated mathematicians, and recounts efforts to prove the Riemann Hypothesis, first suggested by Bernard Riemann in 1859, that would finally bring order and harmony to these numbers.;Who wants to be a millionaire? -- The atoms of arithmetic -- Riemann's imaginary mathematical looking-glass -- The Riemann Hypothesis: From random primes to orderly zeros -- The mathematical relay race: Realising Riemann's revolution -- Ramanujan, the mathematical mystic -- Mathematical exodus: From GΓΆttingen to Princeton -- Machines of the mind -- The computer age: From the mind to the desktop -- Cracking numbers and codes -- From orderly zeros to quantum chaos -- The missing piece of the jigsaw.

✦ Table of Contents

Who wants to be a millionaire? --
The atoms of arithmetic --
Riemann's imaginary mathematical looking-glass --
The Riemann Hypothesis: From random primes to orderly zeros --
The mathematical relay race: Realising Riemann's revolution --
Ramanujan, the mathematical mystic --
Mathematical exodus: From Göttingen to Princeton --
Machines of the mind --
The computer age: From the mind to the desktop --
Cracking numbers and codes --
From orderly zeros to quantum chaos --
The missing piece of the jigsaw.

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