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Title: About the people/history, not math!
Review: I found this book to be fascinating. The best part about it, was it is about the history of math, more than about math itself. You don't need to understand any math at all to understand and enjoy this book. It starts out with a brief history of Fermat's equation, then goes back to the Pythagorean times. I learned more about Pythagoras reading this book, than I did in the 16 years of math I took in school! It was fascinating to hear about the times, and how math was viewed as a religion, the pythagoreans were persecuted, etc. It moves slowly up to modern times, explaining various steps to prove/disprove Fermat's last theorem. Finally, it tells the story of Andrew Wiles: his obsession, his discovery, his fall, and his ultimate triumph.This was a great book. Don't let the subject matter fool you. It isn't dense at all; give it a try!
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