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| Genre/Form: | Picture books for children Dust jackets (Bindings) Juvenile literature Biography Juvenile literature Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Paul Erdős; Paul Erdős |
| Material Type: | Biography, Primary school |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Deborah Heiligman; LeUyen Pham |
| ISBN: | 9781596433076 1596433078 |
| OCLC Number: | 809365646 |
| Target Audience: | 3-8 |
| Description: | 37 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Responsibility: | by Deborah Heiligman ; pictures by LeUyen Pham. |
Abstract:
Growing up in Hungary during WWI, Erdos tried school but chafed at the rules and convinced his mother that he should study at home. He was fascinated by numbers from an early age, and by the time he was 20, he was known as The Magician from Budapest. Unable to do common tasks such as cooking, laundry, or driving, he spent his adult life flying around the world, staying with other mathematicians, and working collaboratively on challenging math problems.
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