Started by chaotic_iak
Math oddball in higher doses (5)
high_ERDOS_es // Time Magazine called him “The Oddball's Oddball”
Submitted by Timwi
Clue ID | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
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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) |
zonotope | 2 |
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") |
Penzo | 0 |