num_pages: 480
description: A history of mathematics from the cutting-edge of present-day research, this book tells the story of the most idiosyncratic and most fundamental numbers in pure mathematics, the primes. When counting, primes (numbers only divisible by one and themselves) appear without any reason or rhythm. To a non-mathematician this may s
language: English
title: The Music of the Primes : Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters
titlecomplete: The Music of the Primes : Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters
genres: Physics, Mathematics, Music, History, Popular Science, Education, Science, History Of Science, Nonfiction, Academic
ratings_count: 4853
publisher: FOURTH ESTATE