Livio, Mario, 1945-.

The equation that couldn't be solved : how mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry / Mario Livio. - New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2005. - xii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

978-0-7432-5821-0 Pbk, Bp.


Group theory--History.
Galois theory--History.
Symmetric functions--History.
Symmetry (Mathematics)--History.
Diophantine analysis--History.

QA 174.2 L58 2005 LC Lib