The man who knew infinity : a life of the genius Ramanujan /

Kanigel, Robert.

The man who knew infinity : a life of the genius Ramanujan / Robert Kanigel. - New York : Washington Square Press, [1992], c1991. - x, 438 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Originally published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-423) and index.

A biography of one of the most innovative mathematicians of all time traces the rise of Srinivasa Ramanujan from his days as a clerk to his collaboration with one of England's greatest mathematicians.

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Ramanujan, Aiyangar Srinivasa, 1887-1920.
Hardy, G. H. 1877-1947.


Mathematicians--Biography.--India
Mathematicians--Biography.--Great Britain

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