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A really excellent read! The story was interesting, covering many people, but managed to be completely understandable and explained just enough of the maths to get the significance.
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I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. Would it be historical? Technical? What I got was a wonderfully written story of mathematics' most famous problem and how mathematician, Andrew Wiles proved it, along with all the giants whose shoulders he stepped on, and whose methods he used to do so. Somehow, Singh managed to perfectly balance mathematical technicality and stories behind the proof and keep things moving. And I think the biggest achievement of the book is how simply he was able to explain the complicated mathematics behind the proof
The best non fiction book I have ever read. Singh manages to perfectly capture the excitement and wonder of the 350 year long proof. I was gripped! And that’s coming from somebody who finds it hard to read non-fiction.
