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{{short description|Book by John Derbyshire}} {{Infobox book | name = Prime Obsession | title_orig = | translator = | image = Prime Obsession.JPG<!-- FAIR USE of Prime Obsession.JPG: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Prime Obsession.JPG for rationale --> | caption = ''Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics'' by John Derbyshire | author = [[John Derbyshire]] | country = United States | language = English | subject = [[Mathematics]], [[History of science]] | genre = [[Popular science]] | publisher = Joseph Henry Press | pub_date = 2003 | pages = 448 | isbn = 0-309-08549-7 }} '''''Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics''''' (2003) is a historical book on mathematics by [[John Derbyshire]], detailing the history of the [[Riemann hypothesis]], named for [[Bernhard Riemann]], and some of its applications. The book was awarded the [[Mathematical Association of America]]'s inaugural [[Euler Book Prize]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mathematical Association of America's Euler Book Prize|url=http://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/writing-awards/euler-book-prize|accessdate=2007-03-28}}</ref>
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