John Derbyshire: "Prime Obsession" (Joseph Henry Press)

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John Derbyshire: "Prime Obsession" (Joseph Henry Press)

Mathematician and linguist John Derbyshire tells the story of Bernhard Riemann, whose 19th-century theory on prime numbers is one of the most famous unsolved mathematical hypotheses of all time.

Mathematician and linguist John Derbyshire tells the story of Bernhard Riemann, whose 19th-century theory on prime numbers is one of the most famous unsolved mathematical hypotheses of all time.

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John Derbyshire

mathematician, linguist, and author

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