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The man who knew infinity

A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

By Robert Kanigel

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Publish Date

1992

Publisher

Washington Square Press

Language

eng

Pages

438

Description:

A biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The book gives a detailed account of his upbringing in India, his mathematical achievements, and his mathematical collaboration with English mathematician G. H. Hardy. The book also reviews the life of Hardy and the academic culture of Cambridge University during the early twentieth century.