The Man Who Knew Infinity - A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

The Man Who Knew Infinity - A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

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Author: Robert Kanigel
Publisher: ABACUS
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 438
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0349104522

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The Man Who Knew Infinity is a fascinating biography of the brilliant, self-taught Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan. It is also a history of the astonishingly fruitful cross-cultural collaboration between this young, ill-educated mathematical genius and his mentor at Cambridge University, G H. Hardy-a relationship that turned the world of mathematics upside down before it withered and died through a combination of Indian bureaucratic short-sightedness, superstition, English spiritual asceticism and the First Word War.

REVIEWS

This first full biography is admirably judged to capture and sustain the wider public interest in Ramanujan…a fine example of a work of popularizing mathematics, and deserves a wide readership.
-New Scientist

Kanigel’s book provides the reader with perceptive insights into the two main protagonists, their cultural milieu and their interaction…should catch the imagination of any reader.
-Independent

Contents

PROLOGUE

ONE
In the Temple’s Coolness

TWO
Ranging with Delight

THREE
The Search for Patrons

FOUR
Hardy/G H Hardy

FIVE
I beg to introduce myself

SIX
Ramanujan’s Spring

SEVEN
The English Chill

EIGHT
In somewhat indifferent health

Epilogue

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Author’s Note and Acknowledgments

Index