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"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."
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Classical in form, resolved, earnest and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Paul Hoffman
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 309
- Publisher
- Hyperion, Belin, Ediciones Granica, S.A.
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English, German, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9783550069789
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Paul Hoffman is the president and CEO of the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey. He is also a prominent author, science educator, food entrepreneur, and host of the PBS television series Great Minds of Science. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hoffman_(science_writer)
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