Fermat's Last Theorem：Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem

作者: Simon Singh 著

出版社: HarperCollins UK

出版时间: 2002-06

ISBN: 9781841157917

定价: 105.10

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 368页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>工程技术

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‘Ihaveatrulymarvellousdemonstrationofthispropositionwhichthismarginistoonarrowtocontain.’Itwaswiththesewords,writteninthe1630s,thatPierredeFermatintriguedandinfuriatedthemathematicscommunity.Forover350years,provingFermat’sLastTheoremwasthemostnotoriousunsolvedmathematicalproblem,apuzzlewhosebasicsmostchildrencouldgraspbutwhosesolutioneludedthegreatestmindsintheworld.In1993,afteryearsofsecrettoil,EnglishmanAndrewWilesannouncedtoanastoundedaudiencethathehadcrackedFermat’sLastTheorem.Hehadnoideaofthenightmarethatlayahead.In‘Fermat’sLastTheorem’SimonSinghhascraftedaremarkabletaleofintellectualendeavourspanningthreecenturies,andamovingtestamenttotheobsession,sacrificeandextraordinarydeterminationofAndrewWiles:onemanagainstalltheodds. SimonSinghreceivedhisPhDfromtheUniversityofCambridge.AformerBBCproducer,hedirectedtheBAFTAAward-winningdocumentaryfilm'Fermat'sLastTheorem',aboutAndrewWilesandtheworld'smostfamousmathsproblem,andhewrotethebookofthesametitle.Heisalsotheauthorof'TheCodeBook'and'BigBang'.
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‘Ihaveatrulymarvellousdemonstrationofthispropositionwhichthismarginistoonarrowtocontain.’Itwaswiththesewords,writteninthe1630s,thatPierredeFermatintriguedandinfuriatedthemathematicscommunity.Forover350years,provingFermat’sLastTheoremwasthemostnotoriousunsolvedmathematicalproblem,apuzzlewhosebasicsmostchildrencouldgraspbutwhosesolutioneludedthegreatestmindsintheworld.In1993,afteryearsofsecrettoil,EnglishmanAndrewWilesannouncedtoanastoundedaudiencethathehadcrackedFermat’sLastTheorem.Hehadnoideaofthenightmarethatlayahead.In‘Fermat’sLastTheorem’SimonSinghhascraftedaremarkabletaleofintellectualendeavourspanningthreecenturies,andamovingtestamenttotheobsession,sacrificeandextraordinarydeterminationofAndrewWiles:onemanagainstalltheodds.
作者简介:
SimonSinghreceivedhisPhDfromtheUniversityofCambridge.AformerBBCproducer,hedirectedtheBAFTAAward-winningdocumentaryfilm'Fermat'sLastTheorem',aboutAndrewWilesandtheworld'smostfamousmathsproblem,andhewrotethebookofthesametitle.Heisalsotheauthorof'TheCodeBook'and'BigBang'.

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