| Description |
366 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
Alexander "Sasha" Karnokovitch and his family would like to mourn the passing of his mother, Rachela, with modesty and dignity. But Rachela, a famous Polish emigre; mathematician and professor at the University of Wisconsin, is rumored to have solved the million-dollar, Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem. Rumor also has it that she spitefully took the solution to her grave. To Sasha's chagrin, a ragtag group of socially challenged mathematicians arrives in Madison and crashes the Shiva, vowing to do whatever it takes to find the solution-even if it means prying up the floorboards for Rachela's notes. Written by a trained geophysicist, this hilarious and multi-layered debut novel brims with colorful characters and brilliantly captures humanity's drive not just to survive, but to solve the impossible"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Mathematicians -- Fiction.
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Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc. -- Fiction.
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Jewish teachers -- Fiction.
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Mourning customs -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Humorous fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780143126317 |
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0143126318 |
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