Paul Erdős was one of the most prolific mathematicians to ever live, known for showing up at the door of others in the field and declaring they should host and feed him while they do maths together. I come to you with something a little different for my latest maths column - a plea to Hollywood to make a comedy biopic about one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, Paul Erdős. Why is Erdős (pronounced "air-dish") deserving of such acclaim? With almost 1500 papers to his name, he is probably the most prolific mathematician that ever lived, and possibly that will ever live. Unsurprisingly, with that many papers, he is known for his work across many areas of maths, from probability to number theory to graph theory.

Imagine if Siri wasn't just an anonymous voice living inside your iPhone. Instead, what if the dulcet tones of none other than Jeff Goldblum asked "how can I help you?" every time you accidentally press your home button for too long? If Steve Jobs had his way, we'd be living in a world where we'd have the chance to carry around our own little piece of Goldblum in our pockets, everywhere we go. Just imagine if you could hear this all day, whenever you ask your AI assistant for some help. "Steve Jobs called me up a few decades ago to be the voice of Apple," the actor told Richard Wilkins of Australia's Today Show in an interview that was picked up by cNet.