Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest To Solve The World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
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ISBN : 9780385493628
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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. 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.
Specifications of Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
GENERAL | |
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Author | Simon Singh |
Binding | Paperback |
Language | English |
Edition | 1st Anchor Books ed |
ISBN-10 | 0385493622 |
ISBN-13 | 9780385493628 |
Publisher | Anchor |
Number Of Pages | 315 |
Publication Date | 1998-09-08 |
DIMENSIONS | |
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Height | 7 inch. |
Length | 4.9 inch. |
Width | 0.82 inch. |
Weight | 0.7 pounds. |
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