About the Book: Fermats Last Theorem
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most
significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience
- classics which will endure for generations to come.
Maths is one of the purest forms of thought, and to outsiders mathematicians may
seem almost otherworldly
In 1963, schoolboy Andrew Wiles stumbled across the worlds greatest mathematical
problem: Fermats Last Theorem. Unsolved for over 300 years, he dreamed of
cracking it.
Combining thrilling storytelling with a fascinating history of scientific
discovery, Simon Singh uncovers how an Englishman, after years of secret toil,
finally solved mathematics