Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
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| Management number | 233343367 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | $3.92 | Model Number | 233343367 | ||
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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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0385493622 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0385493628 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Anchor |
| Dimensions | 4.88 x 0.85 x 6.95 inches |
| Item Weight | 8 ounces |
| Print length | 315 pages |
| Publication date | September 8, 1998 |
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