Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come.-Maths is one of the purest forms of thought, and to outsiders mathematicians may seem almost otherworldly-In 1963, schoolboy Andrew Wiles stumbled across the world-s greatest mathematical problem: Fermat-s Last Theorem. Unsolved for over 300 years, he dreamed of cracking it.Combining thrilling storytelling with a fascinating history of scientific discovery, Simon Singh uncovers how an Englishman, after years of secret toil, finally solved mathematics- most challenging problem.Fermat-s Last Theorem is remarkable story of human endeavour, obsession and intellectual brilliance, sealing its reputation as a classic of popular science writing.-To read it is to realise that there is a world of beauty and intellectual challenge that is denied to 99.9 per cent of us who are not high-lev
