Uncle Petros and Goldbach's conjecture /
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Modern (1453- ) Publication details: London : Faber, 2001Description: 209p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780571205110 (pbk.) :Uniform titles: O theios Petros kai i eikasia tou Goldbach. English Subject(s): Mathematics -- Fiction | Mathematicians -- Greece -- FictionGenre/Form: Fiction in translation. DDC classification: 889.334 LOC classification: PR6054Summary: Uncle Petros is a family joke. An ageing recluse in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and gardening. His young nephew soon discovers his uncle was once a celebrated mathematician who staked all on solving the problem of Goldbach's Conjecture.
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This translation originally published:2000.
Uncle Petros is a family joke. An ageing recluse in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and gardening. His young nephew soon discovers his uncle was once a celebrated mathematician who staked all on solving the problem of Goldbach's Conjecture.
Translation of: O theios Petros kai i eikasia tou Goldbach.