this isn't a math book. Instead, it's a book about math — about the possible end of a 350-year-long search and the start of a new one. Written for the non-mathematician, this book attempts to show the "queen of sciences" in a new way—as a science and as an art. You'll probably learn things about mathematics that you didn't know before—about its triumphs and failings, about its human aspects, and about its limits. Regardless of whether the new proof of Fermat's last theorem holds up under scrutiny, you'll learn how mathematics has thrown off the yoke of Euclid's legacy and ventured into the deepest waters of the imagination, whether for better or for worse. And you'll find it understandable to read, regardless of the extent of your mathematical education.