- Fiction, thrillers, technological, Paris (france), fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, France, fiction
"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 books, he is propelled into a great exploration of the story of maths, from brilliant Greek thinkers, such as Archimedes and Pythagoras, to the modern-day genius Fermat.".
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About the book
- Author
- Denis Guedj
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 525
- Publisher
- Anagrama, Polis, Bastei Lübbe
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English, German, gre, French
- ISBN
- 9789944756440
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Denis Guedj was a French novelist and a professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He spent many years devising courses and games to teach adults and children math. *-- Wikipedia* *Photo Attribution:* Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission ; scan par Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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