Unlocking the Spell (Tales of the Wide-Awake Princess)精装

图书标准信息

• 作者 Simon Singh 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2002-06
• ISBN 9781841157917
• 定价 105.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 368页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

‘Ihaveatrulymarvellousdemonstrationofthispropositionwhichthismarginistoonarrowtocontain.’Itwaswiththesewords,writteninthe1630s,thatPierredeFermatintriguedandinfuriatedthemathematicscommunity.Forover350years,provingFermat’sLastTheoremwasthemostnotoriousunsolvedmathematicalproblem,apuzzlewhosebasicsmostchildrencouldgraspbutwhosesolutioneludedthegreatestmindsintheworld.In1993,afteryearsofsecrettoil,EnglishmanAndrewWilesannouncedtoanastoundedaudiencethathehadcrackedFermat’sLastTheorem.Hehadnoideaofthenightmarethatlayahead.In‘Fermat’sLastTheorem’SimonSinghhascraftedaremarkabletaleofintellectualendeavourspanningthreecenturies,andamovingtestamenttotheobsession,sacrificeandextraordinarydeterminationofAndrewWiles:onemanagainstalltheodds.

【作者简介】

SimonSinghreceivedhisPhDfromtheUniversityofCambridge.AformerBBCproducer,hedirectedtheBAFTAAward-winningdocumentaryfilm'Fermat'sLastTheorem',aboutAndrewWilesandtheworld'smostfamousmathsproblem,andhewrotethebookofthesametitle.Heisalsotheauthorof'TheCodeBook'and'BigBang'.