
Fermat’s Last Theorem
$23.80
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
29 March 2023
Summary
The Enigma of Fermat’s Last Theorem: A Quest for Mathematical Truth
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come.
‘Maths is one of the purest forms of thought, and to outsiders mathematicians may seem almost otherworldly’
In 1963, schoolboy Andrew Wiles stumbled across t…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9780008553821 |
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ISBN-10: | 0008553823 |
Series: | Collins Modern Classics |
Author: | Simon Singh |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Imprint: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 368 |
Release Date: | 29 March 2023 |
Weight: | 260g |
Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
‘This is probably the best popular account of a scientific topic I have ever read’ Irish Times
‘Reads like the chronicle of an obsessive love affair. It has the classic ingredients that Hollywood would recognise’ Daily Mail
‘To read it is to realise that there is a world of beauty and intellectual challenge that is denied to 99.9 per cent of us who are not high-level mathematicians’ The Times
‘This tale has all the elements of a most exciting story: an impenetrable riddle; the ambition and frustration of generations of hopefuls; and the genius who worked for years in secrecy to realise his childhood dream’ Express
About The Author
Simon Singh
Simon Singh is a science journalist and TV producer. Having completed his PhD 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 which was also an international bestseller and was the basis for the Channel 4 series The Science of Secrecy.
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