>>1
Hey I like him too. I think I've posted about him in the past.
Name:
Anonymous2013-02-09 16:16
He was a friend of my grandfather, and presided over my father's thesis jury. After that he used to come live with us for a few days every so often. Too bad he died while I was still young.
His parents were both Jewish mathematicians from a vibrant intellectual community. I ADORE JEWS
Name:
Anonymous2013-02-09 16:56
Both of Erdős's parents were high school mathematics teachers, and Erdős received much of his early education from them. Erdős always remembered his parents with great affection. At 16, his father introduced him to two of his lifetime favorite subjects—infinite series and set theory.
• Women were "bosses"
• Men were "slaves"
• People who stopped doing mathematics had "died"
• People who physically died had "left"
• Alcoholic drinks were "poison"
• Music was "noise"
• People who had married were "captured"
• People who had divorced were "liberated"
• To give a mathematical lecture was "to preach"
• To give an oral exam to a student was "to torture" him/her.
>>18
Goddamn this explains so much of my dad's vocabulary.
Name:
Anonymous2013-02-10 2:50
So thoroughly did Erdos devote himself to mathematics that he never married, acquired no property beyond a change of clothes ("Property is a nuisance."), and he refused to stay tied down to a job because it would limit his ability to focus on mathematical problems and to collaborate with distant colleagues. Instead he traveled from one place to another, living out of a half-empty suitcase, staying with fellow mathematicians and sharing ideas from one place to the next.
Name:
Anonymous2013-02-10 2:52
>>20
Your dad should have devoted himself to mathematics. Giving birth to a piece of shit like you was an awful mistake.
Nor did he see the need to restrict himself to one university. He needed no equipment for his work, no library or laboratory. Instead he criss-crossed America and Europe from one university and research centre to the next, inspired by making new contacts. When he arrived in a new town he would present himself on the doorstep of the local most prominent mathematician and announce: "My brain is open." He was a recipient of the immensely prestigious World Prize, at $50,000 the highest-paying award in mathematics. Despite a spotty income, he gave most of it away, explaining that "some French socialist said that private property was theft" but that he thought "private property is a nuisance." Dr. Erdos defined the word "mathematician" as "a machine for turning coffee into theorems." Told by many colleagues to slow down, take it easy, he always replied, "There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave." His only known hobby was the Japanese board game go.
This guy is anime material.
Name:
Anonymous2013-02-10 5:59
fuck he's so fucking awesome
Name:
Anonymous2013-02-10 13:25
>>8
the 5-20* that hate jews are more vocal than the 2-3 of you