Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem (7)

Author

Simon Singh

Genre

Popular Science, Mathematics, Biography, History of Science

Synopsis

The thrilling story of mathematician Andrew Wiles's secret seven-year quest to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, a deceptively simple mathematical puzzle that stumped the world's greatest minds for over 350 years. Simon Singh masterfully weaves together history, biography, and mathematical intrigue to chronicle one of the most dramatic intellectual achievements of the twentieth century. This captivating narrative reveals how passion, obsession, and brilliant insight finally cracked a problem that had become mathematics' most famous unsolved mystery.