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Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
Contributor(s): Singh, Simon (Author), Lynch, John (Foreword by)

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 ISBN: 0385493622     ISBN-13: 9780385493628
Publisher: Anchor Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1998
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Annotation: 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | History & Philosophy
- Mathematics | Reference
Dewey: 512.74
LCCN: 98027262
Lexile Measure: 1300(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 4.92" W x 7.06" L (0.52 lbs) 336 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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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.
 
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