The Poincaré Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the UniversePenguin UK, 30 okt 2008 - 304 pagina's The Poincaré Conjecture tells the story behind one of the world’s most confounding mathematical theories. Formulated in 1904 by Henri Poincaré, his Conjecture promised to describe the very shape of the universe, but remained unproved until a huge prize was offered for its solution in 2000. Six years later, an eccentric Russian mathematician had the answer. |
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