Prime Obsession
Subtitle: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
Published: April 23, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9790309085495
Subjects: Analytic number theory; Biography: general; Popular science; Scientists - General; Number Theory; Algebraic Geometry; Theory Of Numbers; Mathematics; Biography / Autobiography; Science/Mathematics; Riemann, Bernhard,; Numbers; History & Philosophy; Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology; Series; Geometry - Algebraic; 1826-1866; Numbers, Prime
First sentence: In August 1859, Bernhard Riemann was made a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy, a great honor for a young mathematician (he was 32).