June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
254 pages
6h 37m
English
One of the greatest mathematical puzzles to ever be solved was Fermat’s last theorem. More than 300 years ago, Pierre de Fermat conjectured that there were no solutions to the following equation where n is greater than 2:

It was not until 1995 that Andrew Wiles succeeded in proving this conjecture, and the solution did not come easily. Wiles retreated to his attic and secretly struggled with problem after problem for eight years. The secrecy was necessary because of the popularity of the theorem. If word got out that Wiles was working on it, the distractions would never end.
When Wiles released his proof ...
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