One of the finest scientific biographies I've ever read: authoritative superbly researched
deeply sympathetic and beautifully told.--Sylvia Nasar author of A Beautiful Mind A
captivating compassionate portrait of a first-rate scientist who gave so much to a world that
in the end cruelly rejected him. Perceptive and absorbing Andrew Hodges's book is scientific
biography at its best.--Paul Hoffman author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers A remarkable and
admirable biography.--Simon Singh author of The Code Book and Fermat's Enigma A first-rate
presentation of the life of a first-rate scientific mind.... It is hard to imagine a more
thoughtful and compassionate portrait of a human being.--from the Foreword by Douglas
Hofstadter
