The solitude of prime numbers
London : Black Swan, 2010
Abstract/Sommario:
A prime number is inherently a solitary thing: it can only be divided by itself, or by one; it never truly fits with another. Alice and Mattia also move on their own axes, alone with their personal tragedies. As a child Alice's overbearing father drove her first to a terrible skiing accident, and then to anorexia. When she meets Mattia she recognises a kindred spirit, and Mattia reveals to Alice his terrible secret: that as a boy he abandoned his mentally-disabled twin sister in a park ...; [leggi tutto]
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Descrizione | The solitude of prime numbers / Paolo Giordano. - London : Black Swan, 2010. - 379 p. ; 18 cm. |
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