The Parrot's Theorem

The Parrot's Theorem by Denis Guedj


ISBN
9780297645788
Published
Released
01 / 09 / 2000
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
350
Dimensions
150 x 223 x 30mm

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 writing, he is propelled into a great exploration of the story of maths, from brilliant Greek thinkers like 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 of Euclid's 'Elements', Newton's Theory of Relativity and countless other wonder of numbers and shapes. But soon it becomes clear that Mr Ruche has inherited the library for reasons other than pure enlightenment, and before they know it the household are caught up in a race to prevent vital theorems falling into the wrong hands.
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