An edition of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (1998)

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth

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An edition of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (1998)

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (12 ratings) ·
  • 52 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

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Publisher
Hyperion
Language
English
Pages
352

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Previews available in: English

Subjects

Mathematicians, Biography, Mathématiciens, Wiskundigen, Biographies, Biographie, Biografie, New York Times reviewed, Mathematicians, biography, Hungary, biography

People

Paul Erdős (1913-), Paul Erdős (1913-1996)

Places

Hungary, Hongrie

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Cover of: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
May 12, 1999, Hyperion
Paperback in English
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The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdös and the search for mathematical truth
1999, Fourth Estate
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical Truth
1998, Hyperion
in English - 1st ed.

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
352
Dimensions
8.1 x 5.4 x 1 inches
Weight
6.4 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL8143344M
ISBN 10
0786884061
ISBN 13
9780786884063
LibraryThing
12594
Goodreads
714583

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OL1857638W

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It was dinnertime in Greenbrook, New Jersey, on a cold spring day in 1987, and Paul Erdos, then seventy-four, had lost four mathematical colleagues, who were sitting fifty feet in front of him, sipping green tea.
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