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Copley Medal winner: Sir Andrew Wiles

Sir Andrew on winning the Royal Society's Copley Medal for solving Fermat's Last theorem

The world's oldest scientific prize the Royal Society's Copley Medal has been awarded to Sir Andrew Wiles.

He was awarded the medal for solving what the Guinness Book of World Records described as the most difficult mathematical problem: Fermat's Last theorem. He explains how he did it.

(Image: Sir Andrew Wiles. Credit: 蜜芽传媒)

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