Full name: The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

Author: Deborah Heiligman Year: 2013 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781596433076 1596433078

Most people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it's true, many of them do. But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path. 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 he didn't learn to butter his own bread until he turned twenty. Instead, he traveled around the world, from one mathematician to the next, collaborating on an astonishing number of publications. 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. Similar books: My Brain is Open by Bruce Schechter Nothing Stopped Sophie by Cheryl Bardoe Blockhead by Joseph D'Agnese The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman Perfect Rigor by Masha Gessen The Man Who Knew Infinity by Robert Kanigel Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark Anno's Magic Seeds by Mitsumasa Anno Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai The Right Word by Jen Bryant Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed Biblioburro by Jeanette Winter Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerton Johnson Brave Ballerina by Michelle Meadows Betty Doll by Patricia Polacco Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes Fartiste by Kathleen Krull The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can by Tererai Trent