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A Life that Added Up to Something: Paul Erdos (1996)

WASHINGTON - One of the most extraordinary minds of our time has "left." "Left" is the word Paul Erdos, a prodigiously gifted and productive mathematician, used for "died." "Died" is the word he used to signify "stopped doing math." Erdos never died. He continued doing math, notoriously a young person's field, right…
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May 21, 2009A Life that Added Up to Something: Paul Erdos (1996) by Radix6616

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