The Music of the Primes : Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics (Paperback)

from PDCRead

We use prime numbers everyday, every internet transaction uses these for security, and de Sautoy here gives us a history of the prime number, from the very early Greek mathematicians, to the modern day. The primary focus of the book is the Reimann Hypothesis. Du Sautoy gives a very readable histo...

from miketroll

Subtitled: "why an unsolved problem in mathematics matters", this book offers an inspiring tour of the dizzying mindscapes of higher mathematics. Particularly fascinating is du Sautoy's account of the huge impact of eggheads in their ivory towers on the big bucks world of e-commerce. The unifying...

from Sander314

Marcus du Sautoy's book jumps too quickly from topic to topic and is often way too shallow, especially in the more mathematical parts. He also constantly uses vague metaphors, usually without even mentioning the proper term. Especially the constant mentioning of 'clocks' and 'hours' when talking ...

from bnielsen

Indeholder "1. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?", "2. The Atoms of Arithmetic", "3. Riemann's Imaginary Mathematical Looking-Glass"; "4. The Riemann Hypothesis: From Random Primes to Orderly Zeros", "5. The Mathematical Relay Race: Realising Riemann's Revolution", "6. Ramanujan, the Mathematical My...

from bnielsen

Indeholder "1. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?", "2. The Atoms of Arithmetic", "3. Riemann's Imaginary Mathematical Looking-Glass"; "4. The Riemann Hypothesis: From Random Primes to Orderly Zeros", "5. The Mathematical Relay Race: Realising Riemann's Revolution", "6. Ramanujan, the Mathematical My...