Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle That Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years
5 journalers for this copy...
"The story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years"
1637, the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat a conjecture derived from Pythagora's theorem, which anyone could grab but nobody could prove, until 1994 and the young English mathematician Andrew Wiles.
I love puzzles and riddles, and this book is all about it !
I must add that you don't have to understand all mathematics explained (quite simply, though) in the book to appreciate this story of a hunt for a definitive proof (the only thing that can make a conjecture become a theorem)
1637, the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat a conjecture derived from Pythagora's theorem, which anyone could grab but nobody could prove, until 1994 and the young English mathematician Andrew Wiles.
I love puzzles and riddles, and this book is all about it !
I must add that you don't have to understand all mathematics explained (quite simply, though) in the book to appreciate this story of a hunt for a definitive proof (the only thing that can make a conjecture become a theorem)
Bookring !!!
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Brice (Lyon, France)
Brujula (Belfort, France)
Chlorine (Paris, france)
Tit-Vinz (Paris, France) the book is here...
Roxibulle (Lille, France)
Raphink (Jaunay-Clan, France)
Mfa (Lisboa, Portugal)
Ilios (Florida, USA) ????
and back to me...
sent to Brice: May 7, 2004
List :
Brice (Lyon, France)
Brujula (Belfort, France)
Chlorine (Paris, france)
Tit-Vinz (Paris, France) the book is here...
Roxibulle (Lille, France)
Raphink (Jaunay-Clan, France)
Mfa (Lisboa, Portugal)
Ilios (Florida, USA) ????
and back to me...
sent to Brice: May 7, 2004
Bien arrivé sans aucun problème en milieu de semaine.
Merci!
Merci!
Received from Brice today. It looks very interesting but will have to wait a little for my bookrings pile to diminish!
Thank you boucli and Brice!
Thank you boucli and Brice!
Journal Entry 5 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Thursday, December 30, 2004
A very interesting and esay to read book (once you get into it!)
It contains a lot more than the story of Fermat's Theorem. Reading it one learns a lot about the history of mathematics (especially calculus and number theory), and about some famous mathematicians.
Thank you Boucli! I'm sorry it took me so long to read it!
Now the book will go to chlorine as soon as I have her adress!
It contains a lot more than the story of Fermat's Theorem. Reading it one learns a lot about the history of mathematics (especially calculus and number theory), and about some famous mathematicians.
Thank you Boucli! I'm sorry it took me so long to read it!
Now the book will go to chlorine as soon as I have her adress!
mailed to chlorine today!
Retrieved the book from the post-office today, very eager to read it
(et j'ai bien eu ton chèque, brujula, merci beaucoup !)
(et j'ai bien eu ton chèque, brujula, merci beaucoup !)
I thouroghly enjoyed this book. It is very well written.
It is not merely a book about the solution of a single problem, on the countrary it spans the history of mathematics in general and number theory in particular, from 4000 BC to nowadays.
What I found remarkable is that the book is never boring: the author succeeds in finding the facts that are necessary for the understanding, and presents them in a very interesting way. Also, he succeeds in presenting mathematics as a very interesting, passion inspiring subject: his presentation is not dry at all, but instead full of dramatic events and remarkable and sometimes romantic characters (geniuses dying very young in duels or by committing suicide for instance).
I will deposit the book for tit-vinz at the PC today.
It is not merely a book about the solution of a single problem, on the countrary it spans the history of mathematics in general and number theory in particular, from 4000 BC to nowadays.
What I found remarkable is that the book is never boring: the author succeeds in finding the facts that are necessary for the understanding, and presents them in a very interesting way. Also, he succeeds in presenting mathematics as a very interesting, passion inspiring subject: his presentation is not dry at all, but instead full of dramatic events and remarkable and sometimes romantic characters (geniuses dying very young in duels or by committing suicide for instance).
I will deposit the book for tit-vinz at the PC today.
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