The Boy who Loved Math
The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
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Word Count
12,000 words, Guess
Page Count
48 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveboywholovedmathi0000heil
- ISBN-101596433078
- ISBN-139781596433076
- Library of Congress Control Number2012029744
- OCLC Control Number809365646
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781596433076
- Open LibraryOL25911465M
Classifications
- LCCQA29.E68 H45 2013
- LCCQA29.E68H45 2013
Description
Most people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it's true, many of them do. But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path. At the age of four, he could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number of seconds you had been alive in his head. But he didn't learn to butter his own bread until he turned twenty. Instead, he traveled around the world, from one mathematician to the next, collaborating on an astonishing number of publications. With a simple, lyrical text and richly layered illustrations, this is a beautiful introduction to the world of math and a fascinating look at the unique character traits that made "Uncle Paul" a great man.
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