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

The amazing story of one of the greatest math problems of all time and the reclusive genius who solved it
In the tradition of "Fermatas 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 PoincarA(c) developed the PoincarA(c) Conjecture, an attempt to understand higher-dimensional space and possibly the shape of the universe. The problem was he couldnat 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.

General

Imprint:	Plume Books
Country of origin:	India
Release date:	July 2008
First published:	August 2008
Authors:	George G. Szpiro
Dimensions:	202 x 133 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	309
ISBN-13:	978-0-452-28964-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Optimization > Game theory Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering Promotions
LSN:	0-452-28964-5
Barcode:	9780452289642

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