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    <![CDATA[Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem]]>
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    <![CDATA[x&lt;SUP&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;n&lt;/SUP&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; + y&lt;SUP&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;n&lt;/SUP&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; = z&lt;SUP&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;n&lt;/SUP&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution<p>&quot;I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.&quot;<p>With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations.  What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years.  In <em>Fermat's Enigma</em>--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's &quot;Nova&quot;--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it.  Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[i thought this book would be boring because it was about math.  hmm.  in fact, it wasn't just good for a math book, but was genuinely compelling storytelling in its own right.  it's not solely about fermat &amp; crazy man wiles, which was my main concern, but instead covers hundreds of years of math and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61352962">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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