The Man Who Loved Only Numbers : The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth (Hardcover)

from dvf1976

I started reading this book in 2001 and picked it up when I saw it on the shelf in our guest bedroom. Since I took a break from reading it, I had read so many other math biographies that alot of this book seemed like a review. I doubt I could ever achieve it, but getting a low Erdos number would ...

from pilastr

Couldn't tie his shoes or turn off a faucet, Erdos was a speed freak celibate number theorist and child prodigy against whom every subsequent mathematician is measured. Hoffman turns Erdos' life and work into a genuine page-turner where other impossible mathematicians make cameo appearances makin...

from lschiff

A fantastic read about a really fascinating person and lots of interesting math problems made accessible to non-mathematicians.

from readaholic12

An amazing genius! I'm not a math person (at all!), but I love smart, fascinating people - Erdos lived out of a suitcase, interested only in solving math problems with the brightest minds. He was socially clueless, bizarre and brilliant. One of my favorite biographies.

from nickp

An abolute gem of a book about a truly singular individual. Apart from his own contribution to mathematics, he seems to have had a gift for asking just the right question of the right people. A fascinating character and an excellent read - even for the non-mathematician.