Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story Of A Riddle That Confounded The World's Greatest Minds For 358 Years

Simon Singh

ISBN 10: 1841157910 / ISBN 13: 9781841157917

Edité par Fourth Estate Ltd 06/05/2002, 2002

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• Titre: Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story Of A Riddle That Confounded The World's Greatest Minds For 358 Years
• Éditeur: Fourth Estate Ltd 06/05/2002
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1841157910
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781841157917
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

'I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.' It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat's Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution eluded the greatest minds in the world. In 1993, after years of secret toil, Englishman Andrew Wiles announced to an astounded audience that he had cracked Fermat's Last Theorem. He had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead. In 'Fermat's Last Theorem' Simon Singh has crafted a remarkable tale of intellectual endeavour spanning three centuries, and a moving testament to the obsession, sacrifice and extraordinary determination of Andrew Wiles: one man against all the odds.

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Simon Singh received his PhD from the University of Cambridge. A former BBC producer, he directed the BAFTA Award-winning documentary film 'Fermat's Last Theorem', about Andrew Wiles and the world's most famous maths problem, and he wrote the book of the same title. He is also the author of 'The Code Book' and 'Big Bang'.