N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös (1993)
57m
Running Time
May 13, 1993Release Date
N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdös (1993)
57m
Running Time
May 13, 1993Release Date
Plot.
In an age when genius is a mere commodity, it is useful to look at a person who led a rich life without the traditional trappings of success. A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdös was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. Born in Hungary in 1913, Erdös wrote and co-authored over 1,500 papers and pioneered several fields in theoretical mathematics. At the age of 83 he still spent most of his time on the road, going from math meeting to math meeting, continually working on problems. He died on September 20, 1996 while attending such a meeting in Warsaw, Poland.
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Release DateMay 13, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time57m
Filming LocationsUniversity of Pennsylvania, United States of America · Trinity College, United Kingdom · Poznań, Poland · Budapest, Hungary
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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).