The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (680 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476763496 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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PaleShadow said Stunning Portrayal of Genius. Stunning Portrayal of the Genius Ramanujan. Would Cambridge Mathematics professors be Jealous of a man who could finish up a new mathematical idea they were working on for months, in a matter of minutes ? They certainly would ! and they were jealous of Ramanujan, denying him as a fellow in their august society, until it was so obvious that he was another Euler or Newton, that they had no choice but to accept him. The Mathematician, G.H. Hardy, played brilliantly b. El Cid said Engrossing biography of great Number Theorist Remanujan. Engrossing biography for anyone interested in the life of this notably mathematician.Self taught in poverty he virtually reinvented centuries of math on his own.Discovered by Cambridge Mathematician Hardy, he was torn from his native India to live a tragically short and lonely life in England.Much of his work is still being delved into for rich new material in number theory.He is viewed in India much as we view Einstein in America, but had half the lifetime to att. The fun here tends to infinity Roberto Rigolin Ferreira Lopes "Like other great men he invented himself" said Hardy about this Ramanujan boy. What a boy! (we must emphasize). Self-born, self-willed, self-directed unorthodox genius failing several times to fit in the norm. Ah, the norm! Ramanujan was an extreme fluctuation from it, reusing Kanigel words, possessing stunning originality. This biography is also full of insights on mathematical concepts; the fun here tends to infinity.
In 1913 Ramanujan, a 25-year-old clerk who had flunked out of two colleges, wrote a letter filled with startlingly original theorems to eminent English mathematician G. Struck by the Indian's genius, Hardy, member of the Cambridge Apostles and an obsessive cricket aficionado, brought Ramanujan to England. H. Cut off from his young Indian wife left at home and emotionally neglected by fatherly yet aloof Hardy, Ramanujan returned to India in 1919, depressed, sullen and quarrelsome; he died one year later of tuberculosis. F
Realizing the letter was the work of a genius, Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England. 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 toll: 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.. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JEREMY IRONS AND DEV PATEL!In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the preeminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Thus began one of the most improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled