Arthur C. Clarke: The Last Theorem
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- Materiaali: Nidottu
- Kustantaja: Del Rey Books
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9780345470232
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When Ranjit Subramanian, a Sri Lankan with a special gift for numbers, writes a three-page proof of the coveted Last Theorem, which French mathematician Pierre de Fermat claimed to have discovered (but never recorded) in 1637, Ranjit s achievement is hailed as a work of genius, bringing him fame and fortune. But it also brings him to the attention of the National Security Agency and a shadowy United Nations outfit called Pax per Fidem or Peace Through Transparency whose secretive workings belie its name. Suddenly Ranjit along with his family finds himself swept up in world-shaking events, his genius for abstract mathematical thought put to uses that are both concrete and potentially deadly. '