Similar to
the lives of the philosophers, which gave
biographies (mostly
false) of the
Greek philosphers, I'd like to start collecting
urban legends and plain stories about the lives of famous
mathematicians. Please note that for many of the Greek philosphers, this unreliable source is the best we have (and
doctorates have been written about them)!
This metanode should link to any node containing a story about a mathematician. It doesn't have to be false, but that helps, of course.