Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century

by Masha Gessen

Book Overview

A gripping and tragic tale that sheds rare light on the unique burden of genius ? In 2006, an eccentric Russian mathematician named Grigori Perelman solved the Poincare Conjecture, an extremely... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 015101406X
• ISBN13: 9780151014064
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"