The parrot's theorem
Guedj, Denis2000
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Part fact, part fiction, this is the 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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The parrot's theorem / Denis Guedj ; translated by Frank Wynne.
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Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
Collation:
vii, 344p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Translation of: Le théorème du perroquet.
ISBN:
9780297645788 (hbk)
Dewey class:
843.914
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
370307