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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
by Hoffman, Paul
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0786863625
- ISBN 13
- 9780786863624
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hyperion, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red boards, black cloth spine with foil titles, [ix], 302 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Erdos was a famously peripatetic mathematician who travelled constantly, staying briefly in the homes of other mathematicians and sleeping as little as possible in accord with his belief that "A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." Hoffman's profile discusses both the man and his work. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MABI00001
- Title
- The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
- Author
- Hoffman, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0786863625
- ISBN 13
- 9780786863624
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Mathematics Mathematicians Biography Biographies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mathematics;
- X weight
- 32 oz
- Size
- 21½ X 14½ cm
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