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年6月
ISBN 9781841157917
定价 105.10

内容简介

‘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'.