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Fermat's Last Theorem

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,...

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Main Author: Simon Singh
Format: Printed Book
Published: London Fourth Estate 1997
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:xxii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
ISBN:9781841157917