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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
''The Man Who Loved Only Numbers'' is a biography of the famous mathematician Paul Erdős written by Paul Hoffman. The book was first published on July 15, 1998, by Hyperion Books as a hardcover edition. A paperback edition appeared in 1999. The book is, in the words of the author, "a work in oral history based on the recollections of Erdős, his collaborators and their spouses". The book was a bestseller in the United Kingdom and has been published in 15 different languages. The book won the 1999 Rhône-Poulenc Prize beating many distinguished and established writers, including Steven Pinker and E. O. Wilson.〔(Prizes for Science Books previous winners and shortlists ), The Royal Society website〕 ==How the book came about== Hoffman received an assignment by ''The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1987 to profile Erdős, which won the National Magazine Award for feature writing. After this, Hoffman followed Erdős on his travels for the last 10 years of his life learning about his exceedingly unusual life and interviewing his numerous collaborators in the process of writing this book.
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