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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/931748256 Title: The boy who loved math : the improbable life of Paul Erdős Author: Deborah Heiligman; LeUyen Pham Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013. ISBN/ISSN: 9781596433076 1596433078 OCLC:931748256

  
  

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The boy who loved math : the improbable life of Paul Erdős

Author:	Deborah Heiligman; LeUyen Pham
Publisher:	New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013.
Series:	MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : Juvenile audience : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	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.  Read more...
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Subjects	Erdős, Paul, -- 1913-1996 -- Juvenile literature. Mathematicians -- Hungary -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Mathematicians -- Juvenile literature. View all subjects
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