Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century by Masha Gessen

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

Masha Gessen

nonfiction biography mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2009

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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 complex topological problem that had eluded the best mi...
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