Fermat's Enigma
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Fermat's Enigma by Simon Singh
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 simp≤ 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.
Simon Singh is a Ph.D. candidate. from the University of Cambridge, with a degree in particle physics. He directed the BAFTA Award-winning documentary film Fermat's Last Theorem and wrote Fermat's Enigma, the popular book on the same subject, and is a former BBC producer. The Science of Secrets, based on his best-selling novel The Code Book, was a BBC television series. Big Bang, his third book, was also a success, and Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Truth About Alternative Medicine, which he co-authored with Edzard Ernst, received a lot of attention. Singh currently resides in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385493628 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385493622 |
| Title | Fermat's Enigma |
| Author | Simon Singh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Year published | 1998-09-08 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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