Equation That Couldn't be Solved: How a Mathmatical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry - Couverture rigide
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How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
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Mario Livio is a former head of the Science Division of the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute. He is the author of The Golden Ratio and The Accelerating Universe.
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The story of symmetry is a story of brilliant mathematicians, and a fascinating account of how mathematics illuminates a wide variety of disciplines. It explains how J.S. Bach composed, how the rubik's cube was invented and why we are sexually attracted to other people. Over the millennia, mathematicians had solved progressively more difficult algebraic equations until they came to the quintic equation. It resisted solution for several centuries, until two mathematical prodigies independently discovered that it could not be solved by the usual methods and opened the door to group theory. These young geniuses, a Norwegian named Niels Henrik Abel and the Frenchman, Evarist Galois, would both die tragically. Galois spent the night before his death in a duel (aged only twenty) scribbling another summary of his proof, writing in the margin of his notebook: "I have no time". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR002671091
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry [Hardcover] Livio, Mario
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Equation That Couldn't be Solved: How a Mathmatical Genius Discovered
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Hardback. Mario Livio, Profile Books Ltd. This book is already praised as an exceptionally accessible, entertaining, and informed account of one of the great mysteries of mathematics. Ian Stewart, author of "Does God Play Dice?", says: "A gripping tale.Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how the apparently remote concerns of pure mathematics can lead to deep and practical insights into the natural world." Popular Science is a growth area, and this is one of the finest books of the year. High profile serialisation, reviews on the literary pages as well as in specialist magazines. Mathematical symmetry is thought to be much too difficult for most laypeople to understand, but this engaging book approaches it in an elegantly entertaining way. The title's formula is the "quintic" equation (involving x raised to the fifth power), the analysis of which gave rise to "group theory," the mathematical apparatus scientists use to explore symmetry. A leading astrophysicist, Livio, keeps the science flowing with digressions into human interest (e.g., the founder of group theory, Evariste Galois, was a revolutionary firebrand who died in 1832 at age 20 in a duel over "an infamous coquette"), pop psychology (women have more orgasms when their partners have symmetrical faces), and strategies for finding a soul mate, as well as appreciations of art and music. Hardback. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780285637436-SECONDHAND
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry Livio, Mario
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry Livio, Mario
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