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There's a lovely documentary from the BBC/Horizon on Andrew Wiles' accomplishment. Also ran on PBS as the "The Proof". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnXgprKg
by eksith 13y ago
There's a lovely documentary from the BBC/Horizon on Andrew Wiles' accomplishment. Also ran on PBS as the "The Proof".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnXgprKgSE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnXgprKgSE
It's a very moving piece that puts a lot of depth behind the 2d scribbling on paper that describes whole universes. Also a very humane look into the lives of mathematicians.
Reminds me so much of how people obsessed with a solution will give up any semblance of a social life to pursue it.
- ibrow 13y agoHere is the book[1] that goes with that documentary. It is a really good read and not too technical at all. [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fermats-Last-Theorem-confounded-greatest/dp/1841157910/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fermats-Last-Theorem-confounded-grea... Edit: Just seen nicholassmith posted exactly the same link. Apologies for duplication
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