Fermat’s Last Theorem: Simon Singh: The compelling biography and history of mathematical intellectual endeavour - Brossura

Singh, Simon

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ISBN 10: 0008553823 ISBN 13: 9780008553821

Casa editrice: Fourth Estate, 2022

Riassunto

The compelling biography and history of mathematical intellectual endeavour

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Simon Singh is a science journalist and TV producer. Having completed his Ph.D. at Cambridge he worked from 1991 to 1997 at the BBC producing Tomorrow’s World and co-directing the BAFTA award-winning documentary Fermat’s Last Theorem for the Horizon series. In 1997, he published Fermat’s Last Theorem, which was a no 1 best-seller in Britain and translated into 22 languages. In 1999, he published The Code Book.

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It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat’s Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution eluded the greatest minds in the world. In 1993, after years of secret toil, Englishman Andrew Wiles announced to an astounded audience that he had cracked Fermat’s Last Theorem. He had no idea of the nightmare that lay ahead.

In ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ Simon Singh has crafted a remarkable tale of intellectual endeavour spanning three centuries, and a moving testament to the obsession, sacrifice and extraordinary determination of Andrew Wiles: one man against all the odds.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Fourth Estate
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0008553823
• ISBN 13: 9780008553821
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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