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Great Math Problems

Weekend Edition's Math Guy, Stanford professor Keith Devlin, has a new book out. "The Millennium Problems" describes the seven toughest unsolved problems in mathematics and the contest for their solutions. Devlin explains the history of the contest and gives host Scott Simon some examples of the "Mt. Everests of Math." (6:15)

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.