The Prime Number Conspiracy

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780262536356 Author(s): Thomas Lin Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2018 Publisher: MIT Press Ltd Pages: 272 Age: 18 Series: The Prime Number Conspiracy

Description: Mathematical explorations from Pulitzer Prize winner Quanta Magazine show that 'inspiration strikes willy-nilly,' and reveal surprising solutions and exciting discoveries.'If you're a science and data nerd like me, you may be interested in Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire and The Prime Number Conspiracy from Quanta Magazine and Thomas Lin.'-Bill GatesThe Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine's stories of mathematical explorations show that inspiration strikes haphazardly, revealing surprising solutions and exciting discoveries-with a foreword by JamesGleickThese stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating the productive tension between conjecture and proof, theory and intuition. The stories show that, as JamesGleickputs it in the foreword, 'inspiration strikes willy-nilly.' One researcher thinks of quantum chaotic systems at a bus stop; another suddenly realizes a path to proving a theorem of number theory while in a friend's backyard; a statistician has a 'bathroom sink epiphany' and discovers the key to solving the Gaussian correlation inequality. Readers of The Prime Number Conspiracy, says Quanta editor-in-chief Thomas Lin, are headed on 'breathtaking intellectual journeys to the bleeding edge of discovery strapped to the narrative rocket of humanity's never-ending pursuit of knowledge.'Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, Quanta is the only popular publication that offers in-depth coverage of the latest breakthroughs in understanding our mathematical universe. It communicates mathematics by taking it seriously, wrestling with difficult concepts and clearly explaining them in a way that speaks to our innate curiosity about our world and ours