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

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

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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	aaaa 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 - 1st ed. 0786863625 9780786863624	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	cccc 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 0786884061 9780786884063	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Edition Notes

Originally published: 1998

Published in: London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class: 510.92

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The Physical Object

Pagination: 320 p., [16] p. of plates
Number of pages: 320

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL25542698M
Internet Archive: manwholovedonlyn00hoff_060
ISBN 10: 1857028295
ISBN 13: 9781857028294
OCLC/WorldCat: 833460548

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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