{"title":"David Wells","description":"\u003cp\u003eDAVID WELLS is a British mathematician and writer who has published more than a dozen books on popular mathematics, puzzles, and recreations. His recent books include \u003cem\u003ePrime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGames and Mathematics\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eYou Are a Mathematician\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWells is a Cambridge University mathematics scholar and former British under-21 chess champion. He has contributed articles to \u003cem\u003eThe Times Educational Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Mathematical Intelligencer\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Mathematical Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Wells works as a professional puzzle composer, game inventor, and puzzle editor. This hands-on engagement with mathematical play runs throughout his books, which include the \u003cem\u003ePenguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Puzzles\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Wells’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"prime-numbers","title":"Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fascinating journey into the mind-bending world of prime numbers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCicadas of the genus Magicicada appear once every 7, 13, or 17 years. Is it just a coincidence that these are all prime numbers? How do twin primes differ from cousin primes, and what on earth (or in the mind of a mathematician) could be sexy about prime numbers? What did Albert Wilansky find so fascinating about his brother-in-law's phone number?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMathematicians have been asking questions about prime numbers for more than twenty-five centuries, and every answer seems to generate a new rash of questions. In \u003cem\u003ePrime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll meet the world's most gifted mathematicians, from Pythagoras and Euclid to Fermat, Gauss, and Erd?o?s, and you'll discover a host of unique insights and inventive conjectures that have both enlarged our understanding and deepened the mystique of prime numbers. This comprehensive, A-to-Z guide covers everything you ever wanted to know--and much more that you never suspected--about prime numbers, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe unproven Riemann hypothesis and the power of the zeta function\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Primes is in P\" algorithm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe sieve of Eratosthenes of Cyrene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFermat and Fibonacci numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1620458241\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781620458242\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"David Wells","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212291506392,"sku":"9781620458242","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470246306_FC_mockup_v2_1740149020_d5091278-c4fe-4975-aca9-162274ac7493.jpg?v=1790995537"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-david-wells.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}