Название: Fermat’s Last Theorem
Автор: Simon Singh
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Прочая образовательная литература
isbn: 9780007381999
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SIMON SINGH
Fermat’s Last Theorem
THE STORY OF A RIDDLE THAT CONFOUNDED THE
WORLD’S GREATEST MINDS FOR 358 YEARS
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First published in paperback by Fourth Estate in 2002 (reprinted 4 times)
First published in Great Britain in 1997 by Fourth Estate
Copyright © 1997 by Simon Singh
Foreword copyright © 1997 by John Lynch
Line illustrations by Jed Mugford
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In memory
of Pakhar Singh Birring
CONTENTS
Epilogue - Grand Unified Mathematics
Suggestions for Further Reading
We finally met across a room, not crowded, but large enough to hold the entire Mathematics Department at Princeton on their occasions of great celebration. On that particular afternoon, there were not so very many people around, but enough for me to be uncertain as to which one was Andrew Wiles. After a few moments I picked out a shy-looking man, listening to the conversation around him, sipping tea, and indulging in the ritual gathering of minds that mathematicians the world over engage in at around four o’clock in the afternoon. He simply guessed СКАЧАТЬ