Sunday, 7 June 2009

Book review: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman

Basically, 150 pages of Erdos, a middle 60 pages of maths with little mention of Erdos, and about 30 pages more of Erdos.

Also, Erdos just wasn't romantically involved with a woman, this doesn't mean he didn't love other people. So the title is tenuous.

Verdict: The Erdos stuff is top-notch, but I recommend skipping the God Made the Integers chapter.

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