But I am not sure if the book covers the mistake and later correction. I has been more than a decade sine I read the book (and became a fan of the author).
WD-42 12 minutes ago [-]
It does. That’s all part of the drama.
One of the best books I’ve ever read.
stogot 1 minutes ago [-]
Would it be good on audio?
chris_st 30 minutes ago [-]
I'll check that out - I loved his "The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography". Excellent introduction to cryptography.
clarkeni 30 minutes ago [-]
It does! Very dramatic part of the book.
FeepingCreature 5 minutes ago [-]
This is the most offensively-themed serious site I have ever seen.
fnands 3 minutes ago [-]
In their defense, this probably looked really cool in 2000, when this was published (or at least, last updated).
But agreed, that lime green is horrendous.
fnands 12 minutes ago [-]
From 2000.
Posting because he's retiring this year?
matthewfelgate 18 minutes ago [-]
I have a truly marvellous comment on this, which this comment box is too small to contain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s_Last_Theorem_(book) by Simon Singh
But I am not sure if the book covers the mistake and later correction. I has been more than a decade sine I read the book (and became a fan of the author).
One of the best books I’ve ever read.
But agreed, that lime green is horrendous.
Posting because he's retiring this year?