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A review by rogerb
Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos & the Search for Mathematical by Paul Hoffman
3.0
Not so good.
Although I write with the privilege of having met him 3 times (and yes, I beat him at chess: http://users.aber.ac.uk/rob21/Unofficial/erdos.html). So I was not over-impressed by the numbers in the text that get explained moderately well, although Hoffman can by his own admission present only the trivial.
But after a while the hagiography grated. I think the text needed at least some comment on this being in some ways a sad man for many reasons, and this is not touched at all.
And FAR too many diversions that are just off the topic of the title.
Although I write with the privilege of having met him 3 times (and yes, I beat him at chess: http://users.aber.ac.uk/rob21/Unofficial/erdos.html). So I was not over-impressed by the numbers in the text that get explained moderately well, although Hoffman can by his own admission present only the trivial.
But after a while the hagiography grated. I think the text needed at least some comment on this being in some ways a sad man for many reasons, and this is not touched at all.
And FAR too many diversions that are just off the topic of the title.