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Parrot's Theorem Mr. Ruche, a Parisian bookseller, receives a bequest from a long lost friend in the Amazon of a vast library of math books, which propels him into a great exploration of the story of mathematics. Meanwhile Max, whose family lives with Mr. Ruche, takes in a voluble parrot who will discuss math with anyone. When Mr. Ruche learns of his friend's mysterious death in a Brazilian rainforest, he decides ... Full description
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A huge bestseller in France in the tradition of SOPHIE'S WORLD, this is an enchanting tale of a parrot who teaches a young boy the history of maths from the ancient Greeks to the solution of Fermat's Theorem.
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Denis Guedj is Professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He has spent many years devising courses and games to teach adults and children math. He is the author of Numbers: The Universal Language.
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- PublisherThomas Dunne
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0312303025
- ISBN 13 9780312303020
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages360
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