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

by Deborah Heiligman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596433078
• ISBN13: 9781596433076
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

My five year old grandson loves it

My five year old grandson cannot get enough of this book. He has it memorized. He wants to have a Paul Erdos themed birthday party. I did not know he liked math but he does now!

This beautiful book not only tells the story of an amazing person who loves math, but tells the story in a way that makes the reader think about math in a new way. My children four and up loved everything about it.