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。
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...
评分在一个直角三角形中,斜边的平方等于两直角边的平方之和。 数字2的平方根,永远不可能被写成一个最简分数。 数字26夹在25和27之间,前者是一个平方数,后者是一个立方数。像这种夹在一个平方数和一个立方数之间的数字,有且只有一个,那就是数字26. 第...
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“昂恩發表過一篇論文,探討弗馬特沒有寫在迪奧方托書頁變白上的一條定理”——這是譯者王永年對博爾赫斯小說《死於自己迷宮的阿本哈坎-艾爾-波哈里》中某一句話的翻譯。我是最近才想起句中的“弗馬特”應該指“費馬(Fermat)”,“迪奧方托”應該指“丟番圖(Diophantu)”,...
评分这本书我非常推荐。写的非常浅显易懂,即便是文科生看懂整个逻辑也是没有任何问题(好像不小心黑了谁),配合BBC同名纪录片效果更佳呦。正经来说,这本书的最大价值在于,从一个非常好的侧面反应了解决一个数学(科学)问题所需要的付出有时是惊人的,也许要费尽一整代人的努力...
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。
评分很好的科普书,强烈推荐~~~
评分No better story-telling maths book can outperform this one.
评分很棒! Simon Singh是很好的科普读物作家,马不停蹄的找他的另外书。
评分很好的科普书,强烈推荐~~~
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