MdS is a math professor in Oxford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_du_Sautoy . His books are indeed a pleasure to read. He also presented some BBC programmes which were a great joy to see.
Another mathematician who wrote a lot a very accessible books is Ian Stewart, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Stewart_(mathematician) , who wrote for 10 years in Scientific American. R.E. Boss > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens > Ian Clark > Verzonden: zaterdag 13 maart 2010 19:02 > Aan: Chat forum > Onderwerp: Re: [Jchat] The music of the primes by Marcus du Sautoy > > Thanks for the tip, Ian. I've ordered from Amazon on your recommendation. > > Other books by Marcus de Sautoy listed by Amazon... > > Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry > Symmetry: A Journey Into the Patterns of Nature > Zeta Functions of Groups and Rings (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) > > ...which suggests he is an academic rather than a journalist like > Simon Singh, who's famous for his gripping reads on Fermat's Last > Theorem, and cracking codes. > > Ian Clark > > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Ian Gorse <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Has anyone else read this... ? > > > > The Music of the Primes: Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters > > by Marcus du Sautoy > > > > I found the book extremely fascinating and have immediately started to > re-read it again after finishing it. > > > > The book is basically a mathematical history novel on famous > mathematicians on who has studied the prime numbers and their success and > fails. > > The book focuses on the Riemann hypothesis but it talks about various > other famous mathematical discoveries regarding Number Theory. Its a very > easy read and as someone who is not mathematically inclined, I found it a > joy to continue to the next page. > > > > I think most of the J community would find it interesting if you haven't > read it before. > > > > I am just wondering if anyone has any recommended books similar to the > writing of The Music of the Primes? I am definitely going to look into > more work from Marcus du Sautoy. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
