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The Parrot's Theorem

The Parrot's Theorem

by Denis Guedj (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $3.25

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

When Mr Ruche, a reclusive Parisian bookseller, receives a letter from a long lost friend in the Amazon bequesting him a vast library of mathematical books, he is propelled into a great exploration of the story of maths, from brilliant Greek thinkers, such as Archimedes and Pythagoras, to the modern-day genius Fermat. Meanwhile Max, a deaf boy whose dysfunctional family live with Mr Ruche, finds a voluble parrot in a local fleamarket. He turns out to be a bird who discusses maths with anyone who will listen. So when Mr Ruche learns of his friend's mysterious death in the rainforests of Brazil he decides that with the parrot's help he will use these books to teach Max and his twin brother and sister the mysteries and wonders of numbers and shapes. Charming, fresh, with a narrative which races along, the novel takes the reader on a delightful journey through the history of mathematics.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 02 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 0753811073
ISBN 13: 9780753811078
Book Overview: In the tradition of the mega-selling Sophie's World The Parrot's Theorem has sold over 100,000 copies in France Rights have already been sold to publishers worldwide 'It is not hard to be seduced by his charming fable...Seldom can such a bitter intellectual pill have been given such an elegant coating of sugar...Guedj has demonstrated that, with the virtuosity of a Pascal or a Euclid, that the European novel of ideas need be neither dessicated nor dull' Sunday Telegraph 'He has a real plot, reminiscent of the Arabian Nights, with stories unfolding within stories, deftly combined with the urgency of a thriller...People who do not know mathematics do not know the depth of their own ignorance. Reading The Parrot's Theorem would be an excellent antidote to that ignorance' Independent

Author Bio
Denis Guedj is a Professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He also teaches fictional approaches to science and is an award-winning film-writer.