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

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical Truth

1st ed.

by Paul Hoffman

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

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical Truth

1st ed.

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1 The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth May 12, 1999, Hyperion Paperback in English 0786884061 9780786884063	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
2 The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdös and the search for mathematical truth 1999, Fourth Estate in English 1857028295 9781857028294	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
3 The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdös and the search for mathematical truth 1998, Hyperion in English 0786884061 9780786884063	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
4 The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical Truth 1998, Hyperion in English - 1st ed. 0786863625 9780786863624	aaaa Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
5 The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdös and the search for mathematical truth 1998, Hyperion in English - 1st ed. 0786863625 9780786863624	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat

Book Details

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279-288]) and index.

Published in: New York
Genre: Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class: 510/.92, B
Library of Congress: QA29.E68 H64 1998, QA29.E68H64 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination: 301 p. :
Number of pages: 301

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL354306M
Internet Archive: manwholovedonlyn00hoff
ISBN 10: 0786863625
LCCN: 98014027
OCLC/WorldCat: 38557306, 98014027
Library Thing: 12594
Goodreads: 1416866

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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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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical Truth

by Paul Hoffman