| Title | : | Secrets of Creation: The Mystery of the Prime Numbers |
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| ISBN | : | 1785351028 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781785351020 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 363 |
| Publication | : | First published March 27, 2015 |
The Mystery of the Prime Numbers uses an innovative visual approach to communicate some surprisingly advanced mathematical ideas without any need for formulas or equations. The issue of prime numbers acts as a gateway into some truly strange philosophical territory whose relevance extends well beyond mathematics.
Secrets of Creation: The Mystery of the Prime Numbers Reviews
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This is part 1 of a three volume set. I made it through this book but got bogged down half way through volume 2, although I still pick it up and read a chapter or a few paragraphs from time to time. It's well-written and I get the gist of it but when the author started describing the Riemann hypothesis in terms of an elfin golfer on a graph, I couldn't follow it. I suppose I'll have to go back and reread volume 2 from the beginning. On the other hand, the concept of the primes and their distribution is fascinating. Maybe someday I will make it through volume 3.
