Kanigel, Robert,
The man who knew infinity : a life of the genius Ramanujan / Robert Kanigel. - ix, 438 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-423) and index.
In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Realising 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 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.
0349104522 9780349104522
LC 91-37763
Hardy, G. H. 1877-1947.
Ramanujan Aiyangar, Srinivasa, 1887-1920.
Mathematicians--England--Biography.
Mathematicians--India--Biography.
510.92 ROB
The man who knew infinity : a life of the genius Ramanujan / Robert Kanigel. - ix, 438 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-423) and index.
In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Realising 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 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.
0349104522 9780349104522
LC 91-37763
Hardy, G. H. 1877-1947.
Ramanujan Aiyangar, Srinivasa, 1887-1920.
Mathematicians--England--Biography.
Mathematicians--India--Biography.
510.92 ROB