Multimedia Collection
N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdõs
VHS
57 minutes
QA29 .E74 N191 1993
A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdõs was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. Universally revered among mathematicians, Erdõs, who was born in Hungary and died in 1996, was a wondering genius who eschewed the traditional trappings of success. Dedicating his life to inventing new problems and searching for their solutions, Erdõs inspired generations of mathematicians throughout the world with his insightful approach and the wry humor with which he discussed politics, death, and the cosmic struggle to uncover proofs hidden by the most stubborn of adversaries - God.
N is a Number, a documentary filmed in England, Hungary, Poland and the United States over four years, presents Erdõs's mathematical quest in its personal and philosophical dimensions, and the tragic historical events that molded his life.
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