Nando me envía este regalo navideño, un libro cuya primera referencia leí en Microsiervos: The Millennium Problems. El libro se centra en los problemas matemáticos escogidos por el Clay Mathematics Institute, que este considera extremadamente difíciles de resolver, y por los que las soluciones encontradas y debidamente demostradas, se llevarán un premio bastante cuantioso.
Esta es la primera vez que alguien me envía un regalo a través de mi lista de los deseos de Amazon y viene envuelto en papel de regalo. Yo mismo tengo que decir que es una de las opciones que siempre ignoro cuando compro un regalo a alguien a través de su lista de los deseos. Pero desde luego, Amazon se curra la presentación.
De la contraportada
«The definitive account of a subject that will have a very long shelf life.» -Science News
In 2000, the Clay Foundation announced a historic competition: whoever could solve any of the seven extraordinarily difficult mathematical problems, and have the solution acknowledged as correct by experts, would win $1 million. There was some precedent for doing this: in 1900, the mathematician David Hilbert proposed a set of twenty-three problems that set much of the agende for mathematics in the twentieth century. The Millennium Problems-chosen by an international committee of leading mathematicians-are likely to acquire similar stature, and their solution (or lack of it) will play a strong role in determining the course of mathematics in the twenty-first century. Keith Devlin, renowned expositor of mathematics, here provides the definitive account of the Everests of contemporary mathematics.
«Devlin does a superb job… Both fascinating and accessible to any reader who can remember some high school math.» -The Christian Science monitor.
«Energetic and entertaining… The book’s ultimate success is in shining a bright light on the mysteries of the human mind and the truyle dizzing heights it can achieve.» -The Portland Mercury.
«The quality of mathematical exposition is high, a sense of excitement is strongly conveyed, and the summits are at least glimpsed while the difficulties approaching them remain rightly shrouded in mist.» -Nature
Keith Devlin is the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University. he is a regular contributor to NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon (where he is known as «the Math Guy»), and has writen numerous books. He lives in Palo Alto, California.
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…qué boa pinta!!! …xa contarás que tal… 🙂
a ver cando teño tempo de poñerme con el… teño una longa lista de cousas por ler… pero bueno, isto vai segundo o que me apeteza ler en cada momento.
si resuelves alguno de los problemas ya repartirás el premio !! 😉
Vale, comparto, pero yo de tí no confiaría mucho… vamos que no dejes de trabajar esperando a que te de la pasta por si resuelvo uno de los problemas