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When Cambridge mathematician Andrew Wiles announced a solution for Fermat's last theorem in 1993, it electrified the world of mathematics. After a flaw was discovered in the proof, Wiles had to work for another year--he had already laboured in solitude for seven years--to establish that he had solved the 350-year-old problem. Simon Singh's book is a lively, comprehensible explanation of Wiles's work and of the colourful history that has build up around Fermat's last theorem over the years. The book contains some problems that offer a taste for the maths, but it also includes limericks to give a feeling for the quirkier side of mathematicians.
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Fermat's Last Theorem, Simon Singh
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- Released
- 1997
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Simon Singh
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate, Limited
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1857025210
- ISBN13
- 9781857025217
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, True Stories, Biographies, History, Science & Math, Natural sciences, Science, Mathematics, Riddles, Mathematics and logic, Number Theory
- First published
- 1997
- Original title
- Fermat's Last Theorem
- Rating
- 4.4 out of 5
- Description
- When Cambridge mathematician Andrew Wiles announced a solution for Fermat's last theorem in 1993, it electrified the world of mathematics. After a flaw was discovered in the proof, Wiles had to work for another year--he had already laboured in solitude for seven years--to establish that he had solved the 350-year-old problem. Simon Singh's book is a lively, comprehensible explanation of Wiles's work and of the colourful history that has build up around Fermat's last theorem over the years. The book contains some problems that offer a taste for the maths, but it also includes limericks to give a feeling for the quirkier side of mathematicians.