The Man Who Knew Infinity

Name: The Man Who Knew Infinity
ISBN: 9780684192598

A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

by Robert Kanigel · 1991 · 438 pages

Stephen Wolfram

Paul Graham

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Stephen Wolfram

Paul Graham

About This Book

A biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, chronicling his self-taught beginnings in Madras and his intellectual journey to Cambridge. It details his intense and productive collaboration with G. H. Hardy against the backdrop of British academia and World War I.

Genres

Biography & Memoir Science & Technology History

Topics

Cambridge University Collaboration Colonialism Genius Mathematics Number Theory Ramanujan

Book Details

Published

1991

Pages

438

Language

ISBN

9780684192598

Awards & Recognition

Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award (1991)Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book PrizeNew York Public Library Book to RememberAudioFile Earphones Award

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