Description
For more than three centuries, Fermat’s deceptively simple equation challenged generations of mathematicians and became one of the most celebrated unsolved problems in history. This compelling narrative follows the clues, rivalries, breakthroughs, and setbacks surrounding the quest for a proof, revealing the human stories behind an extraordinary intellectual pursuit. Blending mathematical insight with history and biography, it explores themes of obsession, perseverance, creativity, and the transformative power of discovery. Written with clarity and dramatic energy, the book makes a profound mathematical achievement accessible to curious readers far beyond the world of advanced mathematics.
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paperback
Fourth Estate
Published Jun 5, 2002
368 pages
ISBN: 9781841157917
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First Published
1997
Language
eng
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