The Parrot's Theorem
Author: Denis Guedj
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.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General • Mathematics / History & Philosophy •
ISBN: 9781466851672
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Chapters: 35 Reading Level: 6.5 Profanity: 15
Paragraphs: 3,367 Complexity Index: 79 Explicit Activity: 8
People: 515 SAT Words: 728 Violence: 84
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