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

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Hyperion Books, May 12, 1999 - Biography & Autobiography - 336 pages
Based on a National Magazine Award-winning article, this masterful biography of Hungarian-born Paul Erdos is both a vivid portrait of an eccentric genius and a layman's guide to some of this century's most startling mathematical discoveries.

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About the author (1999)

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 lives in Woodstock, NY.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
AuthorPaul Hoffman
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherHyperion Books, 1999
ISBN0786884061, 9780786884063
Length336 pages
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