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100	1		_aKanigel, Robert, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe man who knew infinity : _ba life of the genius Ramanujan / _cRobert Kanigel.
264		1	_aLondon : _bAbacus, _c2003.
264		4	_c©1991
300			_aix, 438 pages, [8] pages of plates : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 417-423) and index.
520			_aIn 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.
600	1	0	_aHardy, G. H. _q(Godfrey Harold), _d1877-1947.
600	1	0	_aRamanujan Aiyangar, Srinivasa, _d1887-1920.
650		0	_aMathematicians _zEngland _vBiography.
650		0	_aMathematicians _zIndia _vBiography.
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