With a simple, lyrical text and richly layered illustrations, this is a beautiful introduction to the world of math and a fascinating look at the unique character traits that made a noted mathematicianNUncle PaulNa great man.
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With a simple, lyrical text and richly layered illustrations, this is a beautiful introduction to the world of math and a fascinating look at the unique character traits that made Uncle Paul a great man.
Instead, he traveled around the world, from one mathematician to the next, collaborating on an astonishing number of publications.
But he didn\'t learn to butter his own bread until he turned twenty.
At the age of four, he could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number of seconds you had been alive in his head.
But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path.
And, it\'s true, many of them do.
Most people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation.
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With a simple, lyrical text and richly layered illustrations, this is a beautiful introduction to the world of math and a fascinating look at the unique character traits that made a noted mathematicianNUncle PaulNa great man
