Screen LibraryPerfect rigor：a genius and the mathematical breakthrough of the century
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 242 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780151014064 015101406X |
| Index Number: | K835 |
| CLC: | K835.126.11 |
| Call Number: | K835.126.11/P437G |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. A problem for a million dollars -- Escape into the imagination -- How to make a mathematician -- A beautiful school -- A perfect score -- Rules for adulthood -- Guardian angels -- Round trip -- The Problem -- The proof emerges -- The madness -- The million-dollar question. In 2006, eccentric Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman solved one of the world's greatest intellectual puzzles. For this feat, Perelman will be awarded a prize of one million dollars, and he will likely decline it. Gessen investigates his gripping yet tragic story of genius. |