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Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780345470232
- ISBN-10: 0345470230
- Publisher: Random House Worlds
- Publish Date: August 2009
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.56 x 0.73 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.59 pounds
- Page Count: 336
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