|
|
|||
Four Colours Suffice by Robin J. Wilson
How the Map Problem Was Solved
A book to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the solution to one of the world's most puzzling mathematical problems. The four-colour theorem states that every map in the world can be coloured with just four colours in such a way that neighbouring countries have different colours. One of the simplest problems to state, one of the hardest to solve, which took a century for mathematicians to prove.
This book introduces the mathematicians behind the mathematics, among them a bishop, an astronomer, a botanist, an obsessive golfer and a bridegroom who spend his honeymoon colouring maps. |
|
| Author(s) : Robin J. Wilson | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 014100908X | ISBN-13 : 9780141009087 |
| RRP : £8.99 | Best available price : £ / $ |
| Prices as of : BST check live prices | |
Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 07/08/2003
Publisher : Penguin Books Ltd
Page Length : 288mm
Page Size : 198mm