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。
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.
一 古希腊的毕达哥拉斯发现了数学的奥妙,并声称天地万物由数支配。这一切务必完美无缺。所以当他的学生西帕索斯认识到根号2变化无常,不能用老师的有理数模式来解释时,毕达哥拉斯下令淹死了他。 数学在欧洲历史上曾长期处于停滞状态,这与学术圣殿亚历山大图书...
评分我数学学的不好,但一开始还没那么差,因为对数字很有感觉,所以代数部分学的还行。但是到了高中,每当做几何证明题的时候,我总是想不出该在哪画辅助线,还有各种函数,搞得我很头大。在几何和函数方面的失败让我对数学日渐反感。与此相反,我对历史和政治的兴趣越来越大,还...
评分虽然是理科生,但是我数学一直不太好,最多是勉强做做题,考考试的水平,而且不管在理论和应用方面学起来都比较慢。在我心里我一直觉得,数学既不是文科也不是理科,我心里的文科,是读、识、背、写、论。理科呢,是看、思、懂、解、用。数学在我心里高贵冷艳,又不像...
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。
评分只是图书馆中的偶遇。只是想起一位矢志学数学的好友似乎提到过看过这本书。 于是,一个之前连费马是何许人也都不清楚的人经历了一场值得珍藏一生的奇妙的数学时空之旅。 翻开这本书,就不想再合上去了,她的引人入胜与武侠小说相比是有过之而无不及,她的悬疑惊险一波三折更是...
绝对好看,强烈推荐
评分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。
评分十年后重读了英文原版,本想随便读读,没以为能读完。没想到一气呵成,比记忆中还要精彩!
评分8年磨一砺
评分No better story-telling maths book can outperform this one.
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