Reseña de The Man Who Loved Only Numbers por Josh
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers de Paul Hoffman
Reseña de Josh80/100Leído el 1 de enero de 2004
Interesting story about obsession and single-mindedness and how great they can be.
Sobre el libro
"Paul Erdos, the most prolific and eccentric mathematician of our time, forsook all creature comforts - including a hometo pursue his lifelong study of numbers. He was a man who possessed unimaginable powers of thought yet was unable to manage some of the simplest daily tasks." "For more than six decades, Erdos lived out of two tattered suitcases, crisscrossing four continents at a frenzied pace, chasing mathematical problems and fresh talent. Erdos saw mathematics as a search for lasting beauty and ultimate truth. It was a search Erdos never abandoned, even as his life was torn asunder by…
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