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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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.
  • 4.2 (12 ratings) ·
  • 49 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

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Publisher
Hyperion
Language
English
Pages
301

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Cover of: Der Mann, der die Zahlen liebte.
Der Mann, der die Zahlen liebte.
May 1, 2001, Econ Tb.
Paperback in German
Cover of: El Hombre Que Solo Amaba Los Numeros
El Hombre Que Solo Amaba Los Numeros
March 2001, Ediciones Granica, S.A.
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Erdös, l'homme qui n'aimait que les nombres
Erdös, l'homme qui n'aimait que les nombres
April 28, 2000, Belin
Paperback
Cover of: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
May 12, 1999, Hyperion
Paperback in English
Cover of: Der Mann, der die Zahlen liebte.
Der Mann, der die Zahlen liebte.
January 1, 1999, Ullstein
Hardcover in German
Cover of: The man who loved only numbers
Cover of: The man who loved only numbers
Cover of: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
Cover of: The man who loved only numbers
Cover of: The man who loved only numbers
Cover of: THE MAN WHO LOVED ONLY NUMBERS
THE MAN WHO LOVED ONLY NUMBERS
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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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