Symmetry and the Monster: One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics

by Mark Ronan

Book Overview

Mathematics is driven forward by the quest to solve a small number of major problems--the four most famous challenges being Fermat's Last Theorem, the Riemann Hypothesis, Poincar 's Conjecture, and the quest for the "Monster" of Symmetry. Now, in an exciting, fast-paced historical narrative ranging across two centuries, Mark Ronan takes us on an exhilarating tour of this final mathematical quest.
Ronan describes how the quest to understand symmetry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192807226
• ISBN13: 9780192807229
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.8" x 5.4"