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

Simon Singh; John Lynch [Foreword]

ISBN 10: 0385493622 / ISBN 13: 9780385493628

Verlag: Anchor, 1998

Beschreibung

Good used book. Wear to cover, edges, and corners. Some light creases on front and back cover.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 042323005

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
• Verlag: Anchor
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0385493622
• ISBN-13: 9780385493628
• Einband: paperback
• Zustand: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Simon Singh received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge. A BBC producer, he directed and coproduced an award-winning documentary film on Fermat's Last Theorem that aired on PBS's "Nova" series. He is also the author of the bestselling The Code Book:  The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography.  He lives in London, England.