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Fermat's Enigma

By Simon Singh

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Fermat's Enigma

By Simon Singh

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
1998-09-08
Publication Date:
1998-09-08
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0385493622
ISBN13:
9780385493628
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
236 g
Height:
125 cm
Width:
179 cm
Thickness:
22 cm

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