Reviews

Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem by Simon Singh

melancholy_books's review

4.0

It's crazy how the Taniyama–Shimura can play such an importance in morden day maths. Unification of different areas in my eyes only build towards a more accurate image of the world. Plus the history of the problem is wonderfully entertaining.

tamoker's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.5

henriquecf's review

informative medium-paced

4.5

daed's review against another edition

5.0

Ameno, interesante y muy educativo. Excelente lectura.

ivus's review

informative inspiring fast-paced

4.75

pinkgallah's review

5.0

What an amazing story. It goes through all the mathematics that made proving Fermat's Last Theorem possible, going into just enough detail (for me anyhow). Getting through some of the maths really gave me a little thrill. I can see some of why prime numbers are so magical.

sailor_marmar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

jameskennedy's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

anikavrvo's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring mysterious fast-paced

5.0

ishanjmukherjee's review

4.0

I don't remember if there is a lot of mathematics in it, but I do remember that Simon Singh splendidly retells the drama of every discovery that led up to Andrew Wiles' incredible proof.