| Description |
xi, 242 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A problem for a million dollars -- Escape into the imagination -- How to make a mathematician -- A beautiful school -- A perfect score -- Rules for adulthood -- Guardian angels -- Round trip -- The Problem -- The proof emerges -- The madness -- The million-dollar question. |
| Summary |
In 2006, eccentric Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman solved one of the world's greatest intellectual puzzles. For this feat, Perelman will be awarded a prize of one million dollars, and he will likely decline it. Gessen investigates his gripping yet tragic story of genius. |
| Subject |
Perelman, Grigori, 1966-
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Mathematicians -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography.
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Poincare conjecture.
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| ISBN |
9780151014064 |
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015101406X |
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