Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-322) and index. |
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 Gottingen 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. |
Subject |
Numbers, Prime.
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Riemann, Bernhard, 1826-1866.
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ISBN |
0066210704 |
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