Fermat's Last Theorem

Fermat's Last Theorem

by Amir D Aczel

In 1995, a Princeton-based mathematician showed up at a scientific conference and dropped a bombshell. He had succeeded in deciphering one of mathematics' great secrets, one that thousands had puzzled over for the last three-and-a-half centuries: he had proven Fermat's Last Theorem in a 200-page paper, one that took seven years to write (and another year to fine tune). Fermat's Last Theorem is the previously untold story of the people, the history, and the cultures that lie behind this scientif

1996 160 pages 1 curator

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