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

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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.Â Â 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.Â Â 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.Â Â Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.
Country USA
Brand Anchor Books
Manufacturer Anchor
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780385493628
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1998-09-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385493628

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