Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle that Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years by Simon Singh

Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle that Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years

Simon Singh

351 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative inspiring medium-paced
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When Andrew Wiles of Princeton University announced a solution of Fermat's last theorem in 1993, it electrified the world of mathematics. After a flaw was discovered in the proof, Wiles had to work for another year--he had already labored in solit...

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