by Denis Guedj · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020300445
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«Le théorème du perroquet» is the novel by Denis Guedj, published by Seuil in paperback (525 pages, in French).
Mr. Ruche, a Parisian bookseller, inherits a mathematics library from a friend who died in the Amazon. With Max, a deaf boy, and a talkative parrot, he traces the history of the discipline, from the Greeks to Fermat, while discovering that the inheritance hides a mystery related to certain theorems.
Work in French published in Paris by Seuil in 1998; paperback edition of 525 pages. ISBN 9782020300445.
For readers seeking a novel that combines history of science, mathematical popularization, and mystery.
Denis Guedj was a French novelist and a professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He was born in Setif. He spent many years devising courses and games to teach adults and children math. He is the author of Numbers: The Universal Language and of the novel The Parrot's Theorem. He died in Paris.
