Title:
- Fermat's Last Theorem / Fermat's Enigma
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Reviews:
| Review | Author |
|---|---|
| Simon Singh - Fermat's Last Theorem / Fermat's Enigma - 9 | Mary Russell |
Editions:
| # | Date | Publisher | Binding | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997-00-00 |  |
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- Blurb:
- IBDoF Note: Fermat"s Last Theorem is the original UK title, Fermat"s Enigma is the US title - Kvetch 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.