Denis Guedj Explained

Denis Guedj
Birth Date:	1940
Birth Place:	Sétif, Algeria
Death Date:	April 24, 2010
Death Place:	Paris, France
Occupation:	Novelist, professor
Known For:	, The Parrot's Theorem
Employer:	Paris VIII University

Denis Guedj (1940 – April 24, 2010^[1]) was a French novelist and a professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He was born in Setif. He spent many years devising courses and games to teach adults and children math. He is the author of and of the novel The Parrot's Theorem. He died in Paris.

Bibliography

• La Méridienne, Éditions Seghers, 1987.
• La Révolution des savants, coll. « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 48), série Sciences. Éditions Gallimard, 1988.
• L'empire des nombres, coll. « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 300), série Sciences. Gallimard, 1996.
  • US edition – , "Abrams Discoveries" series. Harry N. Abrams, 1997
  • UK edition – Numbers: The Universal Language, ‘New Horizons’ series. Thames & Hudson, 1998
• La Gratuité ne vaut plus rien et autres chroniques mathématiques, Éditions du Seuil, 1997.
• Le Théorème du Perroquet, Le Seuil, 1998.
  • The Parrot's Theorem, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000
• Génis ou le Bambou parapluie, Le Seuil, 1999.
• Le Mètre du monde, Le Seuil, 2000.
• La Bela - Autobiographie d'une caravelle, Le Seuil, 2001.
• One zéro show et Du point à la ligne, Le Seuil, 2001.
• , Le Seuil, 2003.
• , Robert Laffont, 2005.
• , Robert Laffont, 2007.
• Les mathématiques expliquées à mes filles, Le Seuil, 2008.

References

1. Denis Guedj. Un homme libre

External links

• • Imaginary numbers, A review of The Parrot's Theorem by Simon Singh