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。
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...
评分皮埃尔•德•费马无疑是数学史中最令人着迷的家伙之一。他出生在十七世纪法国一个商人家庭,仕途一帆风顺,以至于有资格使用“DE”这个具有贵族姓氏的前缀。费马是个富二代,但他所有的业余时间都用在数学上了。才华横溢的他被《业余大数学家的数学》一书的作者排除在外,...
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...
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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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