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I was gripped by Simon Singh's Fermat's Last Theorem ...Singh's book puts across the romance of the discipline and the engaging wit and comradeship of the mathematical community.' Independent 'Unexpectedly gripping...The averagely numerate can catch a glimpse of the pure beauty of numbers without having to understand the calculations involved.' Sunday Telegraph 'Far from being a dry textbook it reads like the chronicle of an obsessive love affair. It has the classic ingredients that Hollywood would recognise.' Daily Mail 'If you enjoyed Dava Sobel's Longitude you will enjoy this.' Evening Standard

I was gripped by Simon Singh's Fermat's Last Theorem !Singh's book puts across the romance of the discipline and the engaging wit and comradeship of the mathematical community.' Independent 'Unexpectedly gripping!The averagely numerate can catch a glimpse of the pure beauty of numbers without having to understand the calculations involved.' Sunday Telegraph 'Far from being a dry textbook it reads like the chronicle of an obsessive love affair. It has the classic ingredients that Hollywood would recognise.' Daily Mail 'If you enjoyed Dava Sobel's Longitude you will enjoy this.' Evening Standard

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Since 1991 Simon Singh has been writing, directing and producing for the BBC Science department. In the past he has produced the weekly magazine programme ‘Tomorrow’s World’ . He directed the ‘Horizon’ about Andrew Wiles and his obsessive solving of Fermat’s Last Theorem. He completed his PhD at Cambridge in 1990.

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