The Parrot's Theorem: A Novel

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 that with the parrot's help he will use these books to teach Max and his brother and sister the mysteries of Euclid's Elements, Pythagoras's Theorem and the countless other mathematical wonders. But soon it becomes clear that Mr. Ruche has inherited the library for reasons other than enlightenment, and before he knows it the household is racing to prevent the parrot and vital, new theorems from falling into the wrong hands.An immediate bestseller when first published in France, The Parrot's Theorem charmingly combines a straightforward history of mathematics and a first-rate murder mystery.

Literature & Fiction

Guedj, Denis

British & Irish

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

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 that with the parrot's help he will use these books to teach Max and his brother and sister the mysteries of Euclid's Elements, Pythagoras's Theorem and the countless other mathematical wonders. But soon it becomes clear that Mr. Ruche has inherited the library for reasons other than enlightenment, and before he knows it the household is racing to prevent the parrot and vital, new theorems from falling into the wrong hands. An immediate bestseller when first published in France, The Parrot's Theorem charmingly combines a straightforward history of mathematics and a first-rate murder mystery.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Thomas Dunne Books

The Parrot's Theorem

Orion, London

Contemporary

Phoenix (an Imprint of The Ori

Le Théorème du perroquet

Literary

SEUIL

654pages. poche. Poche. Quant à moi, certaines personnes, de vieilles connaissances, avec qui j'étais en affaire, ont appris mes découvertes concernant les conjectures mathématiques. ces gens ne sont pas, c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire, particulièrement pacifiques. ni patients. ils m'ont offert des sommes considérables pour que je leur cède mes démonstrations. j'ai refusé. ils vont revenir, à la nuit tombée. tu peux me croire, pierre, ils n'auront pas mes démonstrations! je vois les brûler sitôt que j'aurai terminé celle lettre. s'il devait m'arriver malheur et pour ne pas qu'elles soient perdues à jamais, m'inspirant des akousmata pythagoriciennes, je les ai confiées oralement à un fidèle compagnon qui saura s'en souvenir.

Genre Fiction

POINTS

La Révolution des savants

Reference

Gallimard]

L'empire des nombres

La Méridienne

Le Mètre du monde

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