Scheduled to be published across the globe, the story of Fermat's Last Theorem, devised by the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat, recounts the struggles of three and a half centuries of scientists to devise a proof for it.
The story of Fermat's Last Theorem, devised by the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat, recounts the struggles of three and a half centuries of scientists to devise a proof for it
Tells the story of the 350-year search for a proof for Fermat's last theorem, focusing on the work of two modern-day mathematicians. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.