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Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
by John Derbyshire
ISBN: 9780452285255
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pseudolus · 2021-01-05 · Original thread
+1 for the 3blue1brown recommendation. Between the two, a non-mathematician can acquire a layperson's comprehension of the Riemann Hypothesis. Additionally, John Derbyshire (of the unfortunate views regarding race) wrote a very good book "Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics" that covered both historical and mathematical aspects of the Riemann Hypothesis [0].

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Obsession-Bernhard-Greatest-Mat...

Enginerrrd · 2020-11-29 · Original thread
Riemann Sums != Riemann Hypothesis. That said, there is a decent book for the layman on RH: "Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics"

https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Obsession-Bernhard-Greatest-Mat...