Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos & the Search for Mathematical - Hardcover
by Paul Hoffman
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Grand Central PublishingISBN-13:9780786863624ISBN-10:786863625UPC:9780786863624Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MathematicsBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, History & PhilosophySize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC5WEN2XVC
Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos & the Search for Mathematical
"A funny, marvelously readable portrait of one of the most brilliant and eccentric men in history." --The Seattle Times Paul Erdos was an amazing and prolific mathematician whose life as a world-wandering numerical nomad was legendary. He published almost 1500 scholarly papers before his death in 1996, and he probably thought more about math problems than anyone in history. Like a traveling...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grand Central PublishingISBN-13:9780786863624ISBN-10:786863625UPC:9780786863624Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MathematicsBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, History & PhilosophySize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC5WEN2XVC
Paul Hoffman was president of Encyclopedia Britannica and editor-in-chief of Discover, and is the author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers and The Wings of Madness. He is the winner of the first National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, and his work has appeared in the New Yorker, Time, and Atlantic Monthly. He is the President and CEO of the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ.
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