- Prime Numbers, Number theory, Riemannsche Vermutung, Primzahl
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- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Marcus du Sautoy
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- HELOISE D'ORMESSON, HarperPerennial, HarperCollins
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- German, French, English, Italian
- ISBN
- 9788817008433
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“One hot and humid morning in August 1900, David Hilbert of the Uni of Gottingen addressed the International Congress of Mathema in a packed lecture hall at the Sorbonne, Paris.”
Marcus du Sautoy is the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the Oxford University, a chair he holds jointly at the Department of Continuing Education and the Mathematical Institute. He is also a Professor of Mathematics and a Fellow of New College. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2016. In 2001 he won the prestigious Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society awarded every two years to reward the best mathematical research made by a mathematician under 40. In 2004 Esquire Magazine chose him as one of the 100 most influential people under 40 in Britain and in 2008 he was included in the prestigious directory Who’s Who. In 2009 he was awarded
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