The Last Theorem

Overview:

  • Title: The Last Theorem
  • Author: Arthur C. Clarke, Frederik Pohl
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 9780007290024
  • Publisher: HarperVoyager
  • Price: £7.99
  • Pages: xv+423
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Last Theorem
  • Notes:
    • Copyright page statement: "First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2008. This paperback edition 2009." This is followed by a single figure '2' in the centre of the next line; taken to indicate 2nd printing, in absence of evidence to the contrary.
    • 'The Third Preamble; Atmospheric Testing' on page xiii is a three-page third preface blending history of nuclear weapons testing into framework of story.
    • Novel ends on page 411, followed by fictional 'First Postamble' and acknowledgments. Content item "The Third Postamble..." follows; a 5-page essay on the mathematical problem, Fermat's Last Theorem.
    • Unnumbered page 424 contains 'The Fourth Postamble', a very short paragraph on the authors.
    • Cover art credit on rear cover: "Cover photo © Chad Baker/Getty Images. Cover design layout © HarperCollins Publishers 2009."
    • No additional pricing on rear cover.