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Fermat's Last Theorem Paperback – January 1, 2002

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1841157910
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Publishers; New Ed edition (January 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781841157917
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1841157917
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.12 x 0.92 x 7.76 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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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. He is the author of Fermat's Last Theorem, which was a no 1 bestseller in Britain and translated into 22 languages. In 1999, he wrote The Code Book which was also an international bestseller and the basis for the Channel 4 series The Science of Secrecy.

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laphier
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful story, a beautiful mind
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024
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I bought this book to read to kid, who loves math. This is a full story of Prof. Andrew Wiles and his 8 years' long journey to solve the hardest problem, Fermat's Last Theorem.
The story is intriguing. Sometimes, background stories are developed around the problem, including Fermat himself, Taniyama–Shimura who provides a key link.
From this book, you don't expect to learn the real technique used to solve the problem, but I get a very brief idea of connecting E-series with M-series, and every elliptic equation has a modular form. That is enough to serve the curiosity.
It was such a journal through several months of reading in bedtime. When we finished it and closed the last page, we got smiling, and our minds are finally "at rest" (quote the last words of the book).
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Rasmus Ramsbøl Jensen
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good book with a nice introductions and mathematical anecdotes
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2016
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Very good book with a nice introductions and mathematical anecdotes. Somehow the end was a little bit anti-climactic, which is why I only give it 4 stars.
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JMB
5.0 out of 5 stars As described!
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2023
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Would buy from again!
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T. B. E. Sibisi
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2013
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Absolutely enjoyed it. Could hardly put it down and ended up reading it within 3 days.Simon Singh describes in a very readable way how earlier attempts to solve this theorem while unsuccessful , developed new mathematical tools/techniques. Ultimately Wiles used maths that (probably) did not exist in Fermat's time to find a general proof for this theorem.Given that the maths used in solving this theorem was developed well after Fermat's time,it seems doubtful that Fermat really had a general proof for this theorem.(Unless , of course he developed a form of mathematics that was subsequently lost and remains unknown to present day mathematicians)

You do not really need to understand much maths to read this book, and it should be accessible to all people who have done maths to high school level
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JunBo
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2022
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The book tells very interesting anecdotes about Andrew Wiles' solving the theorem. And the book provided me with new info about Evariste Galois, too. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Geetha and Kumar
4.0 out of 5 stars Book for laymen as well as maths people.
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013
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It is amazing to see that so many nearly disjoint ideas of maths came together, against so many odds, to help proving the theorem. Fermat's Last Theorem is among the victories of mind over matter! The book read like a thriller in that the development and the suspense keeps one glued to the book. One feels part of the glory of science is due to the great ability for human beings to come together, communicate and organize. The happiness is there in that in proving Fermat's Last Theorem so many people from different parts of the globe contributed.
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J.A.MANOHARAN
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely fantastic !
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2019
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This book is so readable. It is more captivating than a thriller novel. The stories told in the course of the explanation are told so well. The essence of the mathematics is not here and it is beyond the comprehension of non mathematicians. But still you come away knowing the broad outlines and tactics used by Andrew Weil to prove Fermat’s Last Theorem.
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Eugen Sorin PASCALE
5.0 out of 5 stars It's a nice and and very interesting book
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2019
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"The style is the man himself" and I like the style of this book.There are presented many mathematical problems, important results and life facts in conjuntion with this realy great theorem.
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R.L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent livre
Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2022
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Le simple plaisir de retrouver la beauté des mathématiques.
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Steven L. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2024
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Brilliant book, awesome price, works for me.
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Monde
5.0 out of 5 stars captivating read, even if you’re not a math wiz
Reviewed in Germany on October 6, 2023
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I loved how it was necessary to give a recount of the history of mathematics as we know it just in order to have enough context to tell this one story. I loved all the other little stories embedded in this one.
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Debayani
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book
Reviewed in India on November 21, 2022
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It is a very intriguing book. It actually made me challenge myself regarding the various unsolved historical equations. It talks about a lot of mathematical legends of the past and builds up a story behind the unsolved Fermat's theorem.
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josé antonio
5.0 out of 5 stars Cumplió su objetivo
Reviewed in Spain on August 12, 2022
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Era para un regalo y le ha encantado.
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