Fermat's Last Theorem (Abridged ed)

"I have discovered a truly marvellous proof, which this margin is too narrow to contain".

With these words the 17th-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations.

Over 350 years were to pass before a Englishman finally cracked the mystery in 1995. Andrew Wiles had dreamt of proving Fermat ever since he first read about the theorem as a boy of ten at his local library.

Only after years of toil, frustration and disappointment came the breakthrough.

This work tells the true story of how Fermat's Theorem was made to yield up its secrets.