Description: In the world of math, the theorem that informs how to understand the shape of the universe has defied every effort to prove it. Now, after more than a century, an eccentric Russian recluse has found the solution to one of the seven greatest math problems of the modern era.
Review Quotes: ?[Szpiro] turns the abstract mathematics of spheres into a lucid, lovely romantic odyssey.?
?Sylvia Nasar, author of "A Beautiful Mind"
?A wonderful history of a great breakthrough.?
?Bud Mishra, professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University