Fermat's Last Theorem
the story of a riddle that confounded the world's greates minds for 358 years
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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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Fermat's Last Theorem, Simon Singh
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 1997
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- (Paperback)
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- Ondertitel
- the story of a riddle that confounded the world's greates minds for 358 years
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Simon Singh
- Uitgever
- Fourth Estate
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1997
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 384
- ISBN10
- 1857028376
- ISBN13
- 9781857028379
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Historisch thema, Geschiedenis, Waargebeurde verhalen, Biographies, Wetenschap en Wiskunde, Natuurwetenschappen, Wetenschap, Wiskunde, Raadsels en Puzzels, Wiskunde en logica, Getaltheorie
- Eerste editie
- 1997
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Fermat's Last Theorem
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- 4,4 van 5
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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.