N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős
| N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George Paul Csicsery |
| Starring | Paul Erdős |
| Cinematography | John Knoop |
| Music by | Mark Adler |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős is a 1993 biographical documentary about the life of mathematician Paul Erdős, directed by George Paul Csicsery.
The film was made between 1988 and 1991, capturing Erdős in various countries along with some of his numerous collaborators. It covers his unusual career, his personal life, and many of his recurring jokes and anecdotes, including that of Erdős numbers.
The film won the Gold Apple Award (National Educational Film & Video Festival), and the Gold Plaque Award (Science/Nature, Documentary category, Chicago International Film Festival).
See also[]
- The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (1998), a biographical book
- List of topics named after Paul Erdős
References[]
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External links[]
- N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős at IMDb
- N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős official site
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- 1993 films
- English-language films
- American films
- Documentary films about mathematicians
- Paul Erdős
- Documentary films about mathematics
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