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Ron was great. I'll cherish our emails back and fourth. what he did to facilitate Erdos' way of life has always made me envious of his altruism. I wish I could
by serf 6y ago
Ron was great. I'll cherish our emails back and fourth.
what he did to facilitate Erdos' way of life has always made me envious of his altruism. I wish I could be that good of a fellow human.
- core-questions 6y agoAnywhere I can read on that?
- jodrellblank 6y agoSomewhat in the book The Man who Loved Only Numbers[1], it's a biography of Paul Erdos who was mostly homeless and spent his life travelling around other mathematicians' homes staying with them a few days at a time, and Ron Graham did a lot of looking after him and his life, pay, bureacracy, etc, so gets quite a few mentions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Loved_Only_Numbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Loved_Only_Numbers
- newman314 6y agoRead this a while ago, quite an enjoyable read. Recommended.
- dctoedt 6y agoI (think I) remember a quote from that book, to the effect that Ron Graham was once asked how he could possibly be as productive as he was; his response was that there were 168 hours in the week.
- core-questions 6y agoThank you for the followup, much appreciated.