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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a nice appetizer,
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This review is from: Dr.Riemann's Zeros (Paperback)
On the cover of the book Ian Stewart writes: 'a pleasurable and painless read for anyone intrigued by numbers', this is indeed true. It means it is well written, the author has done his homework and his writing style is quite enjoyable. But don't expect how to calculate yourself the zeros of the zeta function neither to get the necessary background in higher maths (the appendices are mostly elementary maths except De Brange's "proof"). The author modestly admits himself his knowledge of maths is not sufficient.
Is this a bad book? Not at all, I think you can compare it with "The music of the primes" by Marcus du Sautoy and I prefer the style of Karl Sabbagh rather than the pompous "I'm so clever" Marcus du Sautoy-style. To conclude: a nice appetizer but don't expect the real meal p.s. There are also some minor errors e.g. on page 20 line 6, the author mentions 99 sums but he means 99 products, there is also a weird repetition of text on p.78. |
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Dr.Riemann's Zeros by Karl Sabbagh (Paperback - September 10, 2003)
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