Cover of Fermat's last theorem

Fermat's last theorem

Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem

by Amir D. Aczel

1996 146 pages eng ★ 3.5 (4 ratings)

In 1995, a Princeton-based mathematician showed up at a scientific conference and dropped a bombshell. He had succeeded in deciphering one of mathematics' great secrets, one that thousands had puzzled over for the last three-and-a-half centuries: he had proven Fermat's Last Theorem in a 200-page pap…

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