The Wandering Gypsy Mathematician

On the public radio program radio lab, http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/, they had a show on numbers where they talked about Paul Erdos, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s. Fascinating man, who was a mathematician who wandered the world visiting fellow mathematicians helping them out with any math problems/ theories, publishings, etc.. they had. He got to the point where he had no home, very little possessions, and just "couch surfed," from one mathemeticians home to another. He became was a "tipping point," kind of god like figure in the math circles and has estimated that he has influenced over 250,000 theories, mathematicians, etc....

More on homeless mathematicians later, (ie. Swan, the ex Berkely Math professor, now residing outside of Adobe Book shop.