{"product_id":"the-last-problem-spectrum-9780883854518","title":"The Last Problem (Spectrum)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat Eric Temple Bell calls the last problem is the problem of proving Fermats Last Theorem  which Fermat wrote in the margin of a book almost 350 years ago. The original text of The Last Problem traced the problem from 2000 BC to 17th century France. Along the way we learn quite a bit about history  and just as much about mathematics. Underwood Dudleys notes bring us up-to-date on recent attempts to solve the problem - for the latest printing  he has added a three page addendum about its recent proof by Andrew Wiles. This book fits no categories. It is not a book of mathematics: it is a biography of a famous problem. Pages go by without an equation appearing. It is both a history of number theory and its place in our civilisation  and a history of our civilisations relationship with mathematics. This rich and varied  wide-ranging book  written with force and vigor by someone with a distinctive style and point of view will provide hours of enjoyable reading for anyone interested in mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67930167345205,"sku":"ByrdShop_0883854511","price":344.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780883854518.jpg?v=1794206930","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-last-problem-spectrum-9780883854518","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}