“I’m not qualified to say wheather or not God exists”, Erdós said. “I kind of doubt He does. Nevertheless, I’m always saying that the SF has this transfinite Book -transfinite being a concept in mathematics that is larger than infinite- that contains the best proofs of all mathematical theorems, proofs that are elegant and perfect.” The strongest compliment Erdós gave to a colleague’s work was to say, “It’s straight from the Book”.

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“You don’t have to believe in God, but you should believe in the Book.”

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— The man who loved only numbers, Paul Hoffman