Ebook: The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdős and the search for mathematical truth
Author: Erdîos Paul, Erdős Pál, Hoffman Paul
- Tags: Mathematicians, Mathematicians--Hungary, Biography, Erdîos Paul -- (1913-), Mathematicians -- Hungary, Hungary, Erdős Pál -- (1913-1996)
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Hyperion
- City: Boston;New York;Hungary
- Language: English
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In this biography, Hoffman uses Erdos's life and work to introduce readers to a cast of remarkable geniuses, from Archimedes to Stanislaw Ulam, one of the chief minds behind the Los Alamos nuclear project. He draws on years of interviews with Ronald Graham and Fan Chung, Erdos's chief American caretakers and devoted collaborators. With an eye for the hilarious anecdote, Hoffman explains mathematical problems from Fermat's Last Theorem to the more frivolous "Monty Hall dilemma." What emerges is an intimate look at the world of mathematics and an indelible portrait of Erdos, a charming and impish philosopher-scientist whose accomplishments continue to enrich and inform our world.
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