My Brain Is Open

Paul Erdos, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, and certainly the most eccentric, was internationally recognized as a prodigy by age seventeen. His work in the United States and all over the world has earned him the title of the century's leading number theorist and the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. Witty and filled with the sort of mathematical puzzles that intrigued Erdos and continue to fascinate mathematicians today, My Brain is Open is the story of this strange genius and a journey in his footsteps through the world of mathematics, where universal truths await discovery like hidden treasures and where brilliant proofs are poetry. 224 pages.