11–20 of 36 posts
There is an IMO outstandingly illustrated children's book about Erdős, "The Boy Who Loved Math" by Deborah Heiligman and LeUyen Pham [1]. Really witty, but also moving. I think it depicts really well why it makes sense to accept "strange people". [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Who-Loved-Math-Improbable/dp/1596... (I suggest Looking Inside the book as well!)
"A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems"
"A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems"
> He was attending a conference when he had a heard attack
Reached my Medium limit...
> Graham was not the only one who had to put up with Erdös's kitchen antics. "Once I spent a few days with Paul," said Janos Path, a fellow Hungarian emigre. "When I entered the kitchen in the evening, I was met with a horrible sight. The floor was covered by pools of blood-like red liquid. The trail led to the refrigerator. I opened the door, and to my great surprise saw a carton of tomato juice on its side with a gaping hole. Paul must have felt thirsty and, after some reflection, decided to get the juice out of the carton by stabbing it with a big knife."
Medium is now limiting the number of posts one can read before signing up with a Google or Facebook account. Is there a reasonable workaround for this that doesn't require signing in? EDIT: I suppose private browsing works well.
For the moment it does.