by Simon Singh · HarperCollins Publishers Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007902491
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«Fermat's Last Theorem» is Simon Singh's popular mathematics essay, published by HarperCollins in paperback (368 pages, in English).
In 1993, Andrew Wiles announced the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, an achievement that stunned mathematicians. After a flaw in his proof, he worked another year, following seven years in solitude, to close a 350-year-old enigma. Singh narrates that feat and the theorem's history, with eccentric characters and limericks.
With a foreword by John Lynch. The book was nominated for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and won the Independent Publisher Book Award in 1998.
Aimed at the general public interested in the history of mathematics and science.
Simon Lehna Singh, is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist. His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book, Big Bang, Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets. In 2012 Singh founded the Good Thinking Society, through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics.
