Furtherreading
TwootherbooksintheOUPVSIseriesthatentandexpaoicsbytheField’smedallistTimothyGotographybyFredPiperandSeanMurphy。Probabilityandstatistics,fieldsthatwereedhereihesubjectoftheVSIStatisticsbyDavidJ。Hand。
AninsightiureofnumbersbereadinDavidFlannery’sbook,TheSquareRootof2:ADialoguegaNumberandaSequenicusBooks,2006)。Thisleisurelyatisiicmodeofaversatioeadpupil。OheInnerLifeofNumbersbyAndrewHodges(ShortBooks,2007)ahesighefirstsiuallyituseseaumberasanumbrellaforexamiaialaspectsoftheworldandihereadertoallmannerofdeepideas。ThistrastswithTonyCrilly’s50MathematicalIdeasYouReallyoKnow(QuercusPublishing,2007),whichdoesasitsays,digestingeaotionsintedesinasstraightforossible。Theexplanatiohroughexamplewithamodestamountofalgebraiipulationsinvolved,rouhhistoricaldetailsandtimelinessurrouary。ApartiiattersedwithbisisthepaperbaartinGriffiths,TheBaeofPascal’sTriahematicsTrust,2007),inwhichyouroofsofBertrand’sPostulateandChebyshev’sTheivingboundsforthenumberofprimeslessthann。
ApopularatoftheRiemaionisthebookbyMarcusduSautoy,TheMusicofthePrimes,WhyanUnsolvedProblemiicsMatters(Harpers,2004),whileCarlSabbagh’s,DrRiemalanticBooks,2003)treatsessentiallythesametopic。
&woatsofthesolutio’sLastTheorem,thosebei’sLastTheorem:UnlogtheSeAhematibyAmirD。Aguin,1996)a’sLastTheorembySimonSingh(FourthEstate,1999)。ThebestpopularbookooryofguptotheRSAcipherisalsoaofSimonSingh:TheCodeBook(FourthEstate,2000)。Theunsolvabilityofthequintic(fifth-degreepolyions)lainediherebutisthesubjehistorit:Abel’sProof:AheSourdMeaningofMathematisolvability(MITPress,2003)byPeterPesic。
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