01365nam a2200265Ia 450000500170000000800410001724501180005824000380017610000310021470000320024526000360027725000190031330000360033230000110036850000130037902000220039265000610041460000550047505000210053054600150055150504610056633600220102733700260104933800240107520260803094159.0251212s2013    xx            000 0 und d1 aThe boy who loved math :bthe improbable life of Paul Erdîos /cby Deborah Heiligman ; pictures by LeUyen Pham.1 aImprobable life of Paul Erdîos.  aHeiligman, Deborah|eauthor  aPham, LeUyen,|eillustrator.  aNew York :bScholastic,cc2013.  aFirst edition.  a37 pages: bcolor illustrations  c25 cm.  aLex: 550  a978-0-545-70305-5  aMathematicianszHungaryvBIOGRAPHYvJuvenile literature. 4a; Erdîos, Paul,d1913-1996vJuvenile literature.  a510.92 H36b 2014  ain English  aGrowing up in Hungary during WWI, Erdos tried school but chafed at the rules and convinced his mother that he should study at home. He was fascinated by numbers from an early age, and by the time he was 20, he was known as The Magician from Budapest. Unable to do common tasks such as cooking, laundry, or driving, he spent his adult life flying around the world, staying with other mathematicians, and working collaboratively on challenging math problems.  atext|2rdacontent.  aunmediated|2rdamedia.  avolume|2rdacarrier.