fermat's enigma: the epic quest to solve the world's greatest mathematical problem (english edition)  xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution<br /><br />"i have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."<br /><br />with these words, the seventeenth-century french mathematician pierre de fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. what came to be known as fermat&apos;s last theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the holy grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. in <i>fermat&apos;s enigma</i>--based on the author&apos;s award-winning documentary film, which aired on pbs&apos;s "nova"--simon singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.