The Prime Number Conspiracy: A Collection of the Best Quanta Math Stories

ISBN-13: 9780262536356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str.

Thomas Lin

Opis

Mathematics stories from Quanta Magazine.

Recenzje

Quanta Magazine, from which the essays for this book were drawn, received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting!

"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 Gates

A solid choice for those who would like to know more about the state-of-the-art in mathematics. Library Journal

O autorze

Thomas Lin is the founding editor-in-chief of Quanta Magazine, an online publication that reports on developments in science and mathematics, with content syndicated in publications such as Wired, The Atlantic, Scientific American and The Washington Post. Lin previously worked for The New York Times, where he edited online features and wrote about science, technology and tennis. He has also written for Quanta, The New Yorker, Tennis, and other publications.

James Gleick has written several popular books about science and technology, including Time Travel: A History and Chaos.