Marcus du Sautoy

Broschiertes Buch

Finding Moonshine

A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry

Beschreibung

This new book from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry.

Autor

Marcus du Sautoy has been named by the Independent on Sunday as one of the UK's leading scientists, has written extensively for the Guardian, The Times and the Daily Telegraph and has appeared on Radio 4 on numerous occasions. In 2008 he was appointed to Oxford University's prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science, a post previously held by Richard Dawkins.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper Perennial / HarperCollins UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 034277
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9780007214624
• ISBN-10: 0007214626
• Artikelnr.: 25844906