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Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure - Villani, Cédric
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"This man could plainly do for mathematics what Brian Cox has done for physics" - Sunday Times How does a genius see the world? Where and how does inspiration strike? C???dric Villani takes us on a mesmerising adventure as he wrestles with the Boltzmann equation - a new theorem that will eventually win him the most coveted prize in mathematics and a place in the mathematical history books. Along the way he encounters obstacles and setbacks, losses of faith and even brushes with madness. His story is one of courage and ...

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Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure 2016, Vintage, London

ISBN-13: 9780099581970

Mass-market paperback

Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure 2015, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

ISBN-13: 9780865477674

Hardcover

Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure 2015, The Bodley Head Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781847922526

Hardcover

Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure 2015, The Bodley Head Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781847922533

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