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Fermats Last Theorem

Fermats Last Theorem

Simon Singh

The story of a puzzle that every child can understand but has baffled mathematicians for 300 years. Aged ten, Andrew Wiles stumbled across the puzzle, leading to a lifelong obsession with solving the world's greatest mathematical problem. A story of human endeavour and intellectual brilliance, for all readers. First published in 1997.
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In 1963, a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across a great mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can now understand, but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew Wiles dreamed he would crack it. Many people had tried before Wiles and failed, including an 18th-century philanderer who was killed in a duel. An 18th-century Frenchwoman made a major breakthrough in solving the riddle, but she had to attend maths lectures at the Ecole Polytechnique disguised as a man. This is the story of the puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of the Theorem is one of the most important mathematical developments of the 20th century.

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Title - Fermats Last Theorem

Edition -

Author - Simon Singh

ISBN 13 - 9781857026696

Imprint - Fourth Estate Ltd

Publisher - HarperCollins Publishers

Date Published - 07/05/1998

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 127 x 178 x mm

Weight - 320 g

Languages - English