The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

Name: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth
ISBN: 9780786884063

The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth

Paul Hoffman

1998·352 pages·Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics

memoir

Based on an article, this biography of Hungarian-born Paul Erdos is both a vivid portrait of an eccentric genius and a layman's guide to some of this century's most startling mathematical discoveries.

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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth

Paul Hoffman

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1998

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352

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Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics Science & Mind

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