Fermat's last theorem

I was expecting that this book is about the explanation of Fermat's Last Theorem proof. It is not. It is more like the journey of mathematicians through centuries trying to solve this problem.

But to be honest. If this book is all about the proof, I will definitely can't follow. The math must be beyond my limit. So I am grateful the author chooses to put the story this way. I really love to learn the history of math. Things that are missing from my past education background. Would definitely read books like this.

I read a much earlier edition of this work and have to say it was extraordinarily well written. As a maths major at uni (who never really applied anything I learned) I found myself wishing that my tertiary lecturers could have brought the subject - of maths in general and its historical highlights - to life like Simon has.