Denis Guedj
French mathematician, mathematics popularizer and writer
About Denis Guedj
Lived 1940 – 2010 (aged 69). Denis Guedj was a French mathematician, university teacher, actor, screenwriter and novelist.
Denis Guedj (1940 – 24 April 2010 ) 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 for teaching mathematics to adults and children. He is the author of Numbers: The Universal Language and of the novel The Parrot's Theorem. He died in Paris.
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Who was Denis Guedj?
French mathematician, mathematics popularizer and writer (1940–2010)
When was Denis Guedj born?
Denis Guedj was born on 22 November 1940 in Sétif.
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Denis Guedj died on 24 April 2010 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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Denis Guedj was a mathematician, university teacher, actor, screenwriter and novelist.
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Denis Guedj was French.
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