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FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM

by Simon Singh

Published by Fourth Estate. 1st. 1997

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The Story of a Riddle that Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years. Small format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Orange endpapers, b/w illustrations. xxii and 362 pages.

Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. Small grubby mark to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and sunned to spine.

ISBN: 1857025210
Stock no. 1330840

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Contents

  • Foreword by John Lynch
  • Preface
  • 1 'I Think I'll Stop Here'
  • 2 The Riddler
  • 3 A Mathematical Disgrace
  • 4 Into Abstraction
  • 5 Proof by Contradiction
  • 6 The Secret Calculation
  • 7 A Slight Problem
  • 8 Grand Unified Mathematics
  • Appendices
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Picture Credits
  • Index

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