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。
http://towerjoo.github.io/blog/2014/05/10/fermat-last-theorem/ 作为一个理工狗,对于数学的基础意义还是深有体会的,于是也就不会承认自己不喜欢数学,似乎一个明显的 例子是:哥也经常读数学的著作(虽不是专著),例如刚刚读完的《费马大定理》,还有书架上蒙灰的《数学...
评分这本书的好就勿需多言了,在讲述费马大定理被破解的过程中展现了几千年来人类知识的进步,并同时伴以类似侦探小说的写法,让我有看《达芬奇密码》一样欲罢不能的冲动。 这本书看着看着就有一种亲切的感觉泛起来,看到了久违的勾股定理、想起了世界上还有虚数这样一个东西存在.....
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Part.I 1958年,在一本名为《与魔王的交易》的书中收录了这样一个故事:魔王请一个家伙提出一个问题,如果魔王在24小时内回答出来了魔王就会带走这个人的灵魂,如果没有魔王就支付给这个人10万美元。 这个人问道:费马大定理是不是正确的? 魔王离开了,并在迅速吸收了世界上一...
评分怀尔斯依靠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...
当作科普小毒物看看还是蛮有趣的...
评分写的太好了,fall in love with maths & logic
评分"Es war so unbeschreiblich schön; so einfach und elegant." 那无与伦比的美;如此纯粹并且充满灵性。
评分不像科普,近乎传记。
评分绝对好看,强烈推荐
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