Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure by Malcolm DeBevoise, Cédric Villani

Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure

Malcolm DeBevoise, Cédric Villani

272 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography mathematics science informative slow-paced
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In 2010, French mathematician Cédric Villani received the Fields Medal, the most coveted prize in mathematics, in recognition of a proof which he devised with his close collaborator Clément Mouhot to explain one of the most surprising theories in ...

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