Fermat's Enigma (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
Simon Singh
ISBN: | 9780613181051 |
Publisher: | Turtleback |
Published: | 1 October, 1998 |
Format: | School & Library Binding |
Fermat's Enigma (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
Simon Singh
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. Fermat's Enigma 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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