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Masha Gessen

Perfect Rigor

A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century

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A gripping and tragic tale that sheds rare light on the unique burden of geniusIn 2006, an eccentric Russian mathematician named Grigori Perelman solved the Poincare Conjecture, an extremely complex topological problem that had eluded the best minds for over a century. A prize of one million dollars was offered to anyone who could unravel it, but Perelman declined the winnings, and in doing so inspired journalist Masha Gessen to tell his story. Drawing on interviews with Perelman's teachers, classmates, coaches, teammates, and colleagues in Russia and the United Statesand informed by her own background as a math whiz raised in RussiaGessen un… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-547-42756-0
  • EAN: 9780547427560
  • Produktnummer: 35590560
  • Verlag: HMH Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
  • Seitenangabe: 256 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 729 KB

Über den Autor


MASHA GESSEN has written for Slate, the New Republic,Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and other publications. The author of three previous books, she lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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