Fermat's Last Theorem (平装)

出版者:Harper Collins Publ. UK (2007年2月5日)

作者:Simon Singh

页数:368 页

出版时间:2007年02月

价格:66.0

装帧:平装

isbn号码:9780007241811

图书标签:杂文

When Cambridge mathematician Andrew Wiles announced a solution for Fermat's last theorem in 1993, it electrified the world of mathematics. After a flaw was discovered in the proof, Wiles had to work for another year--he had already laboured in solitude for seven years--to establish that he had solved the 350-year-old problem. Simon Singh's book is a lively, comprehensible explanation of Wiles's work and of the colourful history that has build up around Fermat's last theorem over the years. The book contains some problems that offer a taste for the maths, but it also includes limericks to give a feeling for the quirkier side of mathematicians. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.