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The parrot's theorem

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.

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  • "跨越兩千年的數學之旅"
  • "Théorème du perroquet"@pl
  • "Théorème du perroquet"@it
  • "Kua yue liang qian nian de shu xue zhi lü"
  • "Le theoreme du perroquet : roman"
  • "Kua yue liang qian nian d shu xue zhi luu"
  • "Kua yue liang qian nian de shu xue zhi lu"
  • "Le théorème du perroquet"

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  • "De lotgevallen van vier Parijzenaars en de geschiedenis van de wiskunde raken steeds meer verstrengeld."
  • "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."@en
  • "After inheriting a large library of math books, Mr. Ruche, a reclusive Parisian bookseller, encounters a young boy named Max who owns a math obsessed parrot, and enlists the help of the parrot to help teach Max and his siblings the wonders of mathematics. Soon the group is hurled into a world of danger and must race against time to keep the books safe. Mr. Ruche 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 that 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. Soon it becomes clear that Mr. Ruche has inherited the library for reasons other than enlightenment. 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, Parrot's Theorem charmingly combines a straightforward history of mathematics and a first rate murder mystery."@en
  • "A las mujeres irresistibles no les resulta fácil encontrarse a sí mismas, pues siempre tienen algún hombre encima causándoles serios problemas de identidad. Nunca están solas. Sólo el amor puede sacar a estas chicas de la sima de minusvalía en la que caen cuando se abandonan a los deseos ajenos. Se ha escrito mucho acerca del triunfo del amor, pero en esta ocasión el tema es abordado con maestría desde una óptica diferente. El autor resuelve brillantemente una serie de incógnitas que han atormentado a los científicos durante siglos: ¿Dónde va a parar la energía, a veces no desdeñable, que se libera durante el coito? ¿Es posible canalizarla y almacenarla para su posterior utilización? Cuando Sara y Romero se encuentran y unen sus cuerpos, se produce una explosión que les impulsa por encima de su mundo, salvándoles de la abyección y mediocridad en las que estaban sumergidos. En vez de enajenarse, como les ocurría a los personajes románticos, alcanzan un estado de clarividencia absoluto. Y todo gracias al amor. A las mujeres irresistibles no les resulta fácil encontrarse a sí mismas, pues siempre tienen algún hombre encima causándoles serios problemas de identidad. Nunca están solas. Sólo el amor puede sacar a estas chicas de la sima de minusvalía en la que caen cuando se abandonan a los deseos ajenos. Se ha escrito mucho acerca del triunfo del amor, pero en esta ocasión el tema es abordado con maestría desde una óptica diferente. El autor resuelve brillantemente una serie de incógnitas que han atormentado a los científicos durante siglos: ¿Dónde va a parar la energía, a veces no desdeñable, que se libera durante el coito? ¿Es posible canalizarla y almacenarla para su posterior utilización? Cuando Sara y Romero se encuentran y unen sus cuerpos, se produce una explosión que les impulsa por encima de su mundo, salvándoles de la abyección y mediocridad en las que estaban sumergidos. En vez de enajenarse, como les ocurría a los personajes románticos, alcanzan un estado de clarividencia absoluto. Y todo gracias al amor."
  • "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."@en
  • "A child rescues from captivity a talking parrot and takes him home. His family has inherited a library of the most excellent books of mathematics and two enigmatic letters that will lead them to begin an investigation serving as the most ingenious plot device for going through (in an accessible manner) the greatest achievements in mathematical history."
  • "Mr. Ruche, a octogenarian former Parisian bookseller, inherits a library of mathematics books from an old friend living in the Amazon who has died a mysterious death. At the same time Max, a deaf child living with his family in Mr. Ruche's house, rescues a parrot from a Parisian market. Mr. Ruche becomes convinced he can solve the mystery of murder and bird by using his new library to trace the history of mathematics from Euclid through Fermat and Goldbach."
  • "Both a novel and a history of mathematics, this unusual story follows a young boy and his talkative parrot as they pursue the knowledge--and the secrets--in a trove of math books left to them by a friend."

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  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "Powieść francuska"@pl
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"
  • "Powieść algierska"@pl
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Francouzské romány"
  • "Spanish language materials"
  • "Translations"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Novela de intriga"
  • "Intrigazko eleberria"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "French fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Genres littéraires"

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  • "La theoreme du perroquet"
  • "El teorema del loro : novela para aprender matemáticas"
  • "The parrots theorem : [a novel]"
  • "El teorema del loro : novela para aprender matemáticas"@es
  • "The Parrot's theorem"
  • "El Teorema del loro : novela para aprender matemáticas"
  • "Das Theorem des Pagageis : Roman"
  • "El teorema del lloro"
  • "The parrot's theorem"@en
  • "The parrot's theorem"
  • "O teorema do papagaio : um thriller da história da matemática"@pt
  • "Loroaren teorema"
  • "The parrot's theorem : a novel"
  • "The parrot's theorem : a novel"@en
  • "Le théorème du perroquet : roman"
  • "El Teorema del lloro"@ca
  • "El teorema del loro : novela para aprender matematicas"@es
  • "Le théorème du perroquet roman"
  • "Das Theorem des Papageis : Roman"
  • "Ying wu ding li : Kua yue liang qian nian d shu xue zhi luu"
  • "Papagajeva teorema : roman"
  • "The parrot's theorem a novel"@en
  • "Το θεορημα του παπαγαλου"
  • "To theōrēma tou papagalou"
  • "Twierdzenie papugi"
  • "Twierdzenie papugi"@pl
  • "De stelling van de papegaai"
  • "Il teorema del pappagallo"@it
  • "Il teorema del pappagallo"
  • "Papağan teoremi"@tr
  • "鸚鵡定理 : 跨越兩千年的數學之旅"
  • "Das Theorem des Papageis : [Roman]"
  • "Il teorema del pappagallo : romanzo"
  • "Il teorema del pappagallo : romanzo"@it
  • "Ying wu ding li : kua yue liang qian nian de shu xue zhi lu"
  • "Ying wu ding li : kua yue liang qian nian de shu xue zhi lü"
  • "O teorema do papagaio"
  • "The parrot's theorem : [a novel]"@en
  • "Papouškův teorém"
  • "Le théorème du perroquet"

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