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The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdős and the search for mathematical truth, by Paul Hoffman. Pp. 302. £12.99. 1998. ISBN 1 85702 811 2(Fourth Estate).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Steve Abbott
Steve Abbott*
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Claydon High School, Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich IP6 0EG
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 82 , Issue 495 , November 1998 , pp. 532 - 534
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