Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem - Paperback
by Simon Singh
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Anchor BooksISBN-13:9780385493628ISBN-10:385493622UPC:9780385493628Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, ReferenceSize:7.06 x 4.92 x 0.88 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SCQXV5MCAW
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Anchor BooksISBN-13:9780385493628ISBN-10:385493622UPC:9780385493628Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, ReferenceSize:7.06 x 4.92 x 0.88 inchesWeight:0.5203Product ID:SCQXV5MCAW
Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge. A BBC producer, he directed and coproduced an award-winning documentary film on Fermat's Last Theorem that aired on PBS's "Nova" series. He is also the author of the bestselling The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. He lives in London, England.
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