xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution
"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."
With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations.What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years.In Fermat's Enigma --based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it.Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.
Simon Lehna Singh, MBE is a British author who has specialised in writing about mathematical and scientific topics in an accessible manner. He is the maiden winner of the Lilavati Award.
His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem (in the United States titled Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem), The Code Book (about cryptography and its history), Big Bang (about the Big Bang theory and the origins of the universe) and Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial (about complementary and alternative medicine).
He has also produced documentaries and works for television to accompany his books, is a trustee of NESTA, the National Museum of Science and Industry and co-founded the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme.
读罢此书,深深地被作者组织材料的能力所折服。费马大定理向上追溯有2000年的历史传统,问世的300年来,数学中的不同领域被发现、被结合用于解决这一难题。如果说费马大定理是一串项链,怀尔斯的证明就犹如一根金线,将数学不同领域的明珠串联起来。在攻克费马大定理的路上,闪...
评分从来没有想过毕业之后会读这么一本关于数学的科普读物。 书把晦涩难懂的数学问题写得引人入胜,一周内就看完了,后半本甚至是一天看完的。一点不枯燥,非常有趣。而且在看费马大定理最后怎么被证明那段时,我甚至感到浑身热血沸腾,晚上睡觉满脑子还都是椭圆方程和模形式。 整...
评分从来没有想过毕业之后会读这么一本关于数学的科普读物。 书把晦涩难懂的数学问题写得引人入胜,一周内就看完了,后半本甚至是一天看完的。一点不枯燥,非常有趣。而且在看费马大定理最后怎么被证明那段时,我甚至感到浑身热血沸腾,晚上睡觉满脑子还都是椭圆方程和模形式。 整...
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via Tianfang 7年时间独自完成一个炼金术般的数学证明,之后被发现漏洞在羞耻与压力之下又花了1年时间修补了证明。看完只陷入了深深的自我反省,自己有没有为任何一件事这么勇敢这么专注过...
评分via Tianfang 7年时间独自完成一个炼金术般的数学证明,之后被发现漏洞在羞耻与压力之下又花了1年时间修补了证明。看完只陷入了深深的自我反省,自己有没有为任何一件事这么勇敢这么专注过...
评分前半部是数学简史,后半部是数学家的执着
评分虽然最后也没懂是怎么证出来的,还是为数学史感动,作者也很会诠释数学道理,特别充满生命力的文字
评分前半部是数学简史,后半部是数学家的执着
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