The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat's Last Theorem is the most important mathematical development of the 20th century. In 1963 a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across the world's greatest mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can understand but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew Wiles dreamed that he would crack it. Wiles's lifelong obsession with a seemingly simple challenge set by a long-dead Frenchman is an emotional tale of sacrifice and extraordinary determination. In the end, Wiles was forced to work in secrecy and isolation for seven years, harnessing all the power of modern maths to achieve his childhood dream. Many before him had tried and failed, including a 18-century philanderer who was killed in a duel. An 18-century Frenchwoman made a major breakthrough in solving the riddle, but she had to attend maths lectures at the Ecole Polytechnique disguised as a man since women were forbidden entry to the school. A remarkable story of human endeavour and intellectual brilliance over three centuries, Fermat 's Last Theorem will fascinate both specialist and general readers.
西蒙・辛格(Simon Singh)出生于萨默塞特耶,具有印度旁遮普血统,曾在伦敦帝国学院学习物理,并在剑桥大学获得粒子物理学博士学位。在BBC电视台《明日世界》工作5年后,于1996年为《地平线》系列节目合作制作和导演了关于费马大定理的获奖记录片。
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...
评分怀尔斯依靠20世纪诞生的数学猜想和一系列数学技巧证明了费马大定理,这是现代数学的杰作。而几个世纪之前的费马显然不会是这种证明方法。费马当初写下“我已经找到了一个真正美妙的证明”,这个证明也许有缺陷,也许是一个巧妙的证明。无论是什么样的,费马一定是以17世纪的数...
评分这本书的好就勿需多言了,在讲述费马大定理被破解的过程中展现了几千年来人类知识的进步,并同时伴以类似侦探小说的写法,让我有看《达芬奇密码》一样欲罢不能的冲动。 这本书看着看着就有一种亲切的感觉泛起来,看到了久违的勾股定理、想起了世界上还有虚数这样一个东西存在.....
评分有些书讲别人的梦,但让你想起自己的梦。 有些书和童年无关,但让你回想起童年。 回想起童年,嘴角会有微笑,仿佛小孩从口袋里突然翻出几块已经忘记的糖果来。然而也会怅惘,好像看到从书页里掉下的一纸泛黄的情书和一瓣干枯的玫瑰。 童年已随小鸟去,此地...
因为个人对费马大定理没有什么深刻联系,也和数学学科没有紧密关系,这本书看上去更像是看一部简史,虽然认识了不少数学家,但没有了解到更多做学问的激情和动力。还是作者的那本密码学的书看得津津有味,毕竟可以自己练习玩,这本书的推荐阅读里大概还有游戏类书籍,但书中没有。
评分'...But I feel his noble generosity in this respect even more strongly now than when he was alive. And yet nobody was able to give him any support when he desperately needed it. Reflecting on this, I am overwhelmed by the bitterest grief.'
评分绝对好看,强烈推荐
评分长点的评论:傳奇與真相 ——讀《死於自己迷宮的阿本哈坎-艾爾-波哈里》。链接:http://bit.ly/sXmtDh
评分I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain...源于毕达哥拉斯学派,始于费马写下的未证明的笔记,其后无数大数学家前赴后继,终于在1994年被Andrew Wiles证明。这个猜想简单易懂,即使证明出来也没有实际应用价值,但证明的过程,体现了数学之美、自然之美。
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