The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth

Based on a National Magazine Award-winning article, this masterful biography of Hungarian-born Paul Erdos is both a vivid portrait of an eccentric genius and a layman's guide to some of this century's most startling mathematical discoveries.

Author: Paul Hoffman
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 05/12/1999
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.31h x 4.95w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780786884063
ISBN10: 0786884061
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Mathematics | History & Philosophy

About the Author
Paul Hoffman was president of Encyclopedia Britannica and editor-in-chief of Discover, and is the author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers and The Wings of Madness. He is the winner of the first National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, and his work has appeared in the New Yorker, Time, and Atlantic Monthly. He lives in Woodstock, NY.