https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Who-Loved-Only-Numbers/dp/18570...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Who-Loved-Only-Numbers/dp/18570...
A poignant examination of the mathematician Paul Erdős, and his notion of The Book, "an imaginary book in which God had written down the best and most elegant proofs for mathematical theorems."
Erdos was also apparently more prolific after starting amphetamines, perhaps because he started sleeping significantly less.[1]
[1]: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, Paul Hoffman, http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Loved-Only-Numbers/dp/07868840...
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Loved-Only-Numbers/dp/0786884...