Denis Guedj

Denis Guedj (born in 1940 with Sétif) is a writer and Mathématicien French. He teaches with the Université of Paris VIII.

Its life

 

Its work

  • Meridian the , Robert Laffont, 1987. This book tells the epopee of the measurement of the Méridien, of Dunkirk to Barcelona, by Delambre and Méchain, in a France in full revolutionary upheaval.
  • the Revolution of the scientists , Gallimard, 1988
  • the Empire of the numbers, Gallimard, 1996
  • the Exemption from payment is not worth anything any more and other mathematical chronicles , the Threshold, 1997
  • the Theorem of the Parrot , the Threshold, 1998. This book treats Dernier theorem of Fermat and Histoire of mathematics.
  • Génis or the Bamboo umbrella , the Threshold, 1999
  • the Meter of the world , the Threshold, 2000
  • Bleated It - Autobiography of a caravel , the Threshold, 2001
  • One Zero Show - period , the Threshold, 2001
  • the Hair of Bérénice , the Threshold, 2003
  • Zero , Robert Laffont, 2005. A novel on the invention of figure zero, through the life of five women, at five different times, all in Mésopotamie.
  • Villa of the men , Robert Laffont, 2007
the mathematical subjects tackled by this novel is Cantor, the Set theory, the infinite (more precisely the Cardinalité of the infinite units, to see the very technical article infinite Cardinal), the Puissance of continuous the

External bonds

  • '' Science and literature - can the concepts make good characters of fiction? '', audio/video recording of a conference given by Denis Guedj on October 17th, 2002

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