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portada Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
Type
Physical Book
Preface by
Publisher
Year
1998
Language
English
Pages
315
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
17.9 x 12.5 x 2.2 cm
Weight
0.24 kg.
ISBN
0385493622
ISBN13
9780385493628
Edition No.
1

Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

Simon Singh (Author) · John Lynch (Preface by) · Anchor Books · Paperback

Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem - Singh, Simon ; Lynch, John

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Synopsis "Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem"

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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