ERDOS (5)

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Math oddball in higher doses (5)

high_ERDOS_es // Time Magazine called him “The Oddball's Oddball”

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2442 Math oddball in higher doses (5) high_ERDOS_es // Time Magazine called him “The Oddball's Oddball” Timwi 3
2422 Mathematician Paul counts to two in Chinese and Spanish? (5) ER + DOS mstang107 2
2428 Partial overdose for coffee-proof device? (5) hidden / coffee-proof device
"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems," often attributed to Erdos (though actually due to Renyi)
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2426 He published prolifically without constant input from emergency physicians (5) ER DOCS (emergency physicians) - C (constant); erdos published an astonishing number of math papers quatrevingtneuf 0
2441 Preached the book, saying "heart does not hate" (5) (-h)E(-a)R(-t)DO(-e)S
Def: "Preached the book, saying" (Erdos often referred to elegant proofs being "from the book")
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