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.
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.
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 评分以前我就是个不太喜欢数学的人,确切的说是讨厌那些很烦琐的计算。这本书我看的是PDF格式的,其实早就下载好了的,只是没去看,那天拿来一看,看得入谜,一口气看完已是凌晨,但那种满足感却也无法说出。感叹于数学的神奇,感叹于数学家们的天才和他们那坚韧的意志。
评分以前我就是个不太喜欢数学的人,确切的说是讨厌那些很烦琐的计算。这本书我看的是PDF格式的,其实早就下载好了的,只是没去看,那天拿来一看,看得入谜,一口气看完已是凌晨,但那种满足感却也无法说出。感叹于数学的神奇,感叹于数学家们的天才和他们那坚韧的意志。
评分从毕达哥拉斯到 Fermat 到 Andrew Wiles, 从两千年前到现在, 最后公布结果还一番波折, 公众的关注很多时候是探索乐趣的阻碍
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
评分第一遍读完的是在读master的那两年,那时候离早些年参加各种奥数比赛的日子还不远,还能完整地熟练地运用费马小定理。现在再看的时候几乎已经很难想起完整的费小定理了,也有了完全不同的阅读体会和思路。
评分前半部是数学简史,后半部是数学家的执着
评分前半部是数学简史,后半部是数学家的执着
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