Description
The biography of a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos was the most prolific pure mathematician in history and, arguably, the strangest too. ‘A mathematical genius of the first order, Paul Erdos was totally obsessed with his subject — he thought and wrote mathematics for nineteen hours a day until he died. He travelled constantly, living out of a plastic bag and had no interest in food, sex, companionship, art — all that is usually indispensible to a human life. Paul Hoffman, in this marvellous biography, gives us a vivid and strangely moving portrait of this singular creature, one that brings o
Book Information
| Author | Paul Hoffman |
| Publisher | Fourth Estate (GB) |
| ISBN | 9781857028294 |
| Pages | 301 pages |
| Year | 1999 |
| Language | English |
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