by Simon Singh · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408023753
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«El enigma de Fermat» is Simon Singh's popular mathematics essay, published by Planeta in hardcover (317 pages, in Spanish).
Simon Singh reconstructs the history of Fermat's Last Theorem, posed by Pierre de Fermat in the 17th century and unproven for over three hundred years. The author combines the history of the problem, the lives of the mathematicians who attempted it, and Andrew Wiles's final proof.
Translation by David Galadí and Jordi Gutiérrez, with a foreword by John Lynch; the original is «Fermat's Last Theorem».
Accessible popular science for those curious about the history of mathematics; no prior knowledge of the subject is required.
Simon Lehna Singh, is a British popular science author and theoretical and particle physicist. His written works include Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book, Big Bang, Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial and The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets. In 2012 Singh founded the Good Thinking Society, through which he created the website "Parallel" to help students learn mathematics.
