Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture

A$9 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books · No longer available

Uncle Petros is a family joke, but his young nephew suspects there is more to this ageing recluse, living alone in a suburb of Athens. He discovers Petros was once a celebrated mathematician, foolhardy enough to stake everything on solving a problem that defied proof for nearly three centuries.

• Binding: Hardcover

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