{"product_id":"prime-suspects-andrew-granville-9780691149158","title":"Prime Suspects: The Anatomy of Integers and Permutations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outrageous graphic novel that investigates key concepts in mathematics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntegers and permutations--two of the most basic mathematical objects--are born of different fields and analyzed with separate techniques. Yet when the Mathematical Sciences Investigation team of crack forensic mathematicians, led by Professor Gauss, begins its autopsies of the victims of two seemingly unrelated homicides, Arnie Integer and Daisy Permutation, they discover the most extraordinary similarities between the structures of each body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrime Suspects\u003c\/i\u003e is a graphic novel that takes you on a voyage of forensic discovery, exploring some of the most fundamental ideas in mathematics. Travel with Detective von Neumann as he leaves no clue unturned, from shepherds' huts in the Pyrenees to secret societies in the caf s of Paris, from the hidden codes in the music of the stones to the grisly discoveries in Finite Fields. Tremble at the ferocity of the believers in deep and rigid abstraction. Feel the frustration--and the excitement--of our young heroine, Emmy Germain, as she blazes a trail for women in mathematical research and learns from Professor Gauss, the greatest forensic detective of them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully drawn and exquisitely detailed, \u003ci\u003ePrime Suspects\u003c\/i\u003e is unique, astonishing, and witty--a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience mathematics like never before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Granville, Jennifer Granville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691149151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691149158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Andrew Granville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988213793023,"sku":"9780691149158","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83da20cb-3441-4eda-9375-5d32bc79afa5.jpg?v=1683293254","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prime-suspects-andrew-granville-9780691149158","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}