The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
first publication date: 1999-05-12
genre: essay
original title: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
original language: English
main subject: biography, Paul Erdős
narrative location: Hungary
ebooks: on Internet Archive
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers is a biography of the famous mathematician Paul Erdős written by Paul Hoffman. The book was first published on July 15, 1998, by Hyperion Books as a hardcover edition. A paperback edition appeared in 1999. The book is, in the words of the author, "a work in oral history based on the recollections of Erdős, his collaborators and their spouses". The book was a bestseller in the United Kingdom and has been published in 15 different languages. The book won the 1999 Rhône-Poulenc Prize, beating many distinguished and established writers, including E. O. Wilson. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
2- date of publication: 1999ISBN-13: 978-0-7868-8406-3
- date of publication: 1998-07-09ISBN-13: 978-1-85702-811-9
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