The Parrot's Theorem - Softcover

Guedj, Denis

 
9780753811078: The Parrot's Theorem
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0753811073 ISBN 13: 9780753811078
Verlag: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2001

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

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Verlag
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0753811073
ISBN 13 
9780753811078
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
416
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