Author: | Simon Singh |
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Publisher: | Fourth Estate |
Language: | English |
Binding Type: | Paper Back |
Non Fiction: | Science & Technology |
ISBN13: | 9781841157917 |
SKU: | BK 0012226 |
Fermat's Last Theorem
Author:
Simon Singh
Publisher:
Fourth Estate
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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.