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Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest To Solve The World's Greatest Mathematical Problem.
Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest To Solve The World's Greatest Mathematical Problem.
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- paperback
- Publisher:
- Walker and Company
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- Good - Used
- Category:
- Science and Tech
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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. 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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