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Man Who Knew Infinity

In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the preeminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Realizing the letter was the work of a genius, Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England. Thus began one of the most improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled. With a passion for rich and evocative detail, Robert Kanigel takes us from the temples and slums of Madras to the courts and chapels of Cambridge University, where the devout Hindu Ramanujan, 'the Prince of Intuition,' tested his brilliant theories alongside the sophisticated and eccentric Hardy, 'the Apostle of Proof.' In time, Ramanujan's creative intensity took its toll: he died at the age of thirty-two and left behind a magical and inspired legacy that is still being plumbed for its secrets today.

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  • "Man who knew infinity"
  • "Lamanujin zhuan"
  • "拉马努金传"
  • "life of the genius Ramanujan"
  • "La ma nu jin chuan"

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  • "In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the preeminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Realizing the letter was the work of a genius, Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England. Thus began one of the most improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled. With a passion for rich and evocative detail, Robert Kanigel takes us from the temples and slums of Madras to the courts and chapels of Cambridge University, where the devout Hindu Ramanujan, 'the Prince of Intuition,' tested his brilliant theories alongside the sophisticated and eccentric Hardy, 'the Apostle of Proof.' In time, Ramanujan's creative intensity took its toll: he died at the age of thirty-two and left behind a magical and inspired legacy that is still being plumbed for its secrets today."@en
  • "On the life and works of Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar, 1887-1920, Indian mathematician."
  • "A biography of one of the most innovative mathematicians of all time traces the rise of Srinivasa Ramanujan from his days as a clerk to his collaboration with one of England's greatest mathematicians."

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  • "Biografieën (vorm)"
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  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biography"
  • "Biographie"

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  • "Antahīnera antaryāmī : bismaẏa-pratibhā Rāmānujanera jībanakāhinī = The man who knew infinity : a life of the genius Ramanujan"
  • "The man who knew infinity: a life of the genius Ramanujan"
  • "Man Who Knew Infinity"@en
  • "Der das Unendliche kannte Das Leben des genialen Mathematikers Srinivasa Ramanujan"
  • "수학이나를불렀다 : 인도의수학자라마누잔"
  • "The man who knew infinity : a life of genius Ramanujan"@en
  • "The man who knew infinity : a life of the genius Ramanujan"@en
  • "The man who knew infinity : a life of the genius Ramanujan"
  • "Der das Unendliche kannte : das Leben des genialen Mathematikers Srinivasa Ramanujan"
  • "Man who knew infinity"
  • "知無涯者 拉馬努金傳"
  • "The Man who knew infinity : a life of the genius Ramanujan"
  • "Zhi wu ya zhe Lamanujin zhuan"
  • "知无涯者 : 拉马努金传"
  • "The man who knew infinity a life of the genius, Ramanujan"@en
  • "The man who knew infinity a life of the genius Ramanujan"
  • "The man who knew infinity : A life of the genius Ramanujan"
  • "The man who knew infinity : a life of the genius, Ramanujan"
  • "The man who knew infinity"@en
  • "Zhi wu yan zhe : Lamanujin zhuan"
  • "Zhi wu ya zhe : La ma nu jin chuan"
  • "The man who knew infinity : a life of the mathematical genius, Ramanujan"@en
  • "Suhak i na rŭl pullŏtta : Indo ŭi suhakcha Ramanujan"
  • "Zhi wu ya zhe : Lamanujin zhuan"

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