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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel | Winking Fig

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The Man Who Knew Infinity

A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

1995·438 pages·Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics

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.

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The Man Who Knew Infinity

A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

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1995

Pages

438

Type

Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics Science & Mind

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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.

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