Perfect Rigor : A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century by Gessen, Masha

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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. xi, 242 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In 2006, an eccentric Russian mathematician named Grigori Perelman solved one of the worlds greatest intellectual puzzles. The Poincare conjecture is an extremely complex topological problem that had eluded the best minds for over a century. In 1998, the Clay Institute in Boston named it one of seven great unsolved mathematical problems, and promised a million dollars to anyone who could find a solution. Perelman will likely be awarded the prize this fall, and he will likely decline it. Fascinated by his story, journalist Masha Gessen was determined to find out why. Drawing on interviews with Perelmans teachers, classmates, coaches, teammates, and colleagues in Russia and the US--and informed by her own background as a math whiz raised in Russia--she set out to uncover the nature of Perelman's genius. What she found was a… Read More

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Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2009. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Mathematics; ISBN/EAN: 9780151014064. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 733. . 9780151014064

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009-11-11. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!