The Man Who Knew Infinity

by Robert Kanigel · first published 1991

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan is a biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, written in 1991 by Robert Kanigel. The book gives a detailed account of his upbringing in India, his mathematical achievements and his mathematical collaboration with mathematician G. H. Hardy. The book also reviews the life of Hardy and the academic culture of Cambridge University during the early twentieth century.

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Genre:

Biography, Non-fiction

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 3.0 / 5 (9 on Open Library)

Year page:

1991