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A review by ursulamonarch
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth by Paul Hoffman
5.0
This might be my favorite book? And the best book? Admittedly, I was similarly raving about [b:The Maniac|75665931|The Maniac|BenjamÃn Labatut|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1679411721l/75665931._SY75_.jpg|101033256] earlier this year so, give me the books about prodigies, I guess? Maybe specifically Hungarian ones?
Anyway, I delighted in reading this on my own, and used it to introduce the concept of prime numbers to my 9 and 6 year olds, and they were pretty entranced. I mean, what a joy. There were a couple of aspects of Erdos that I initially found a little off-putting but don't let that stop me/you. I wish there were an updated version of this book that incoporates AI contributions - this book seems so old, and yet I remember the events at the "end," notably Andrew Wiles, and therefore I felt old, which is ok.
Anyway, I delighted in reading this on my own, and used it to introduce the concept of prime numbers to my 9 and 6 year olds, and they were pretty entranced. I mean, what a joy. There were a couple of aspects of Erdos that I initially found a little off-putting but don't let that stop me/you. I wish there were an updated version of this book that incoporates AI contributions - this book seems so old, and yet I remember the events at the "end," notably Andrew Wiles, and therefore I felt old, which is ok.