The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke (Reprint)
Arthur C. Clarke, Fredrick Pohl
Language: English
Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 2008
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The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke (Reprint) A sharp, tight, copy. A dust jacket with light wear along the edges and tear to the bottom-corner os the front-board. Not price-clipped.
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- Title
- The Last Theorem by Arthur C. Clarke (Reprint)
- Author
- Arthur C. Clarke, Fredrick Pohl
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, New York
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Reprint. Co-author: Fredrick Pohl
- Book Type
- BOOK
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0345470214
- ISBN 13
- 9780345470218
- Illustrator
- David Stevenson(Jacket Design)
- Edition
- Reprint Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Science Fiction
In 1637, the French mathematician Pierre de Format scrawled a note in the margin of a book about an enigmatic theorem: "I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." He also neglected to record his proof elsewhere. Thus began a search for the Holy Grail of mathematics - a search that didn't end until 1994, when Andrew Wiles published a 150-page proof. But the proof was burdensome, overlong, and utilized mathematical techniques undreamed of in Format's time, and so it left many critics unsatisfied - including young Ranjit Subramanian, a Sri Lankan with a special gift for mathematics and a passion for the famous "Last Theorem."
When Ranjit writes a three-page proof of the theorem that relics exclusively on knowledge available to Format, his 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 - together with his wife, Myra de Soyza, an expert in artificial intelligence, and their burgeoning 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.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to anyone on Earth, an alien fleet is approaching the planet at a significant percentage of the speed of light. Their mission: to exterminate the dangerous species of primates known as homo sapiens.
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About the Author
Frederik Pohl is the author of many novels, including The Boy Who Would Live Forever; Gateway, part of his acclaimed Heechee saga; and Jem, for which he won the National Book Award. With Isaac Asimov, he was a founding member of the New York-based science fiction group known as the Futurians. In the sixties, Pohl edited Galaxy magazine and its sister magazine, if, which won the Hugo Award three years in a row. In 1993, he became a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master. He lives in Palatine, Illinois.
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