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When Andrew Wiles of Princeton University announced a solution of 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 labored 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 star-, trauma-, and wacko-studded history of Fermat's last theorem. <i>Fermat's Enigma</i> contains some problems that offer a taste of the math, but it also includes limericks to give a feeling for the goofy side of mathematicians.
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Fermat's Last Theorem, Simon Singh
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- Released
- 1997
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- Title
- Fermat's Last Theorem
- Subtitle
- the story of a riddle that confounded the world's greates minds for 358 years
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Simon Singh
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 1857028376
- ISBN13
- 9781857028379
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Science, Mathematics, Biographies, History & Theory of Science, History of Mathematics, Number Theory
- Description
- When Andrew Wiles of Princeton University announced a solution of 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 labored 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 star-, trauma-, and wacko-studded history of Fermat's last theorem. <i>Fermat's Enigma</i> contains some problems that offer a taste of the math, but it also includes limericks to give a feeling for the goofy side of mathematicians.