by Blas Torrecillas Jover · Nivola · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493071929
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«Fermat. El mago de los números» is the biography of Pierre de Fermat written by Blas Torrecillas Jover (Nivola, paperback, 112 pp., Spanish).
Biography of Pierre de Fermat, a magistrate in Toulouse during the 17th century who pursued mathematics as a hobby. It recounts his annotations in the margins of Diophantus's Arithmetica, often without proof, such as the famous last theorem of Fermat, and how they influenced generations of mathematicians.
Volume 2 of the collection «La matemática en sus personajes». Published in 1999.
A reading intended for curious young people and science enthusiasts who wish to learn about the great figures of mathematics.
