num_pages: 335
description: Inthe tradition of Fermats Enigma and Pi  Marcus du Sautoy tells the illuminating authoritative and engagingstory of Bernhard Reimann and the ongoing quest tocapture the holy grail of mathematicsthe formula to predict prime numbers.Oliver Sacks author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat  calls TheMusic of the Primes an amazing book. . . . I could not put it down once Ihad started. Simon Winchester author of The Professor and the Madman writes this fascinating account decoding the inscrutable language of themathematical priesthood is written like the purest poetry. Marcus du Sautoy's enthusiasm shines through every line of this hymnto the joy of high intelligence illuminating as it does so even the darkestcorners of his most arcane universe.
language: English
title: Music of the Primes, The
publisher: HarpPeren