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While Singh make the point more than once, that the math behind Andrew Wiles’ is really hard and therefore pretty much beyond the scope of a popular account, I have to wonder whether Singh could have tried a little harder. I felt that Singh's technical presentation could have been better (read John Derbyshire for instance).

All that being said, the story itself is riveting and Singh does tackle it from a number of angles. I'm going to look for some more books on Fermat and Wiles. Until then though, this will have served as an entertaining introduction to what has to be one of the greatest stories in math. ]]>