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30 years ago today Andrew Wiles told an excited audience at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge that he had proved Fermat's Last Theorem, arguably the greatest puzzle in mathematics, a 300 year-old mystery.

And so began a story of wonder at the achievement, followed by despair at the discovery of an error, the elation of a final proof, a TV documentary, a biography, a musical, prizes galore and the naming of a building where, 30 years later, in the Andrew Wiles Building in Oxford, Andrew Wiles continues his research.

And all because of Maths.

Our friends at the Isaac Newton Institute dropped by the Andrew Wiles Building last month to make a short video and podcast to celebrate.

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