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The Man Who Knew Infinity
A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
By Robert Kanigel
Washington Square Press | June 1992 | ISBN-10: 0671750615 | x + 438 pages | PDF/DJVU |10.5/4.17 mb
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In 1913, a young, unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G . H . Hardy, begging the pre-emi nent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about n u m bers. Realizing the letter was the work of a genius, Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England. Thus began one of the most i mprobable and prod u ctive collaborations ever chronicled . . . .
With a passion for rich and evocative detail, Robert Kanigel takes us from the tem ples and teeming slums of Madras to the courts and chapels of Cambridge University, where the devout Hindu Ramanujan, "the Prince of Intuition," tested his brill iant 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.

CONTENTS
Prologue
One - IN THE TEMPLE'S COOLNESS (1887 to 1903)
Two - RANGING WITH DELIGHT (1903 to 1908)
Three - THE SEARCH FOR PATRONS (1908 to 1913)
Four - HARDY (G. H. Hardy to 1913)
Five - "I BEG TO INTRODUCE MYSELF . . ." (1913 to 1914)
Six - RAMANUJAN'S SPRING (1914 to 1916)
Seven - THE ENGLISH CHILL (1916 to 1918)
Eight - "IN SOMEWHAT INDIFFERENT HEALTH" (From 1918)
Epilogue 361
Notes 375
Selected Bibliography 417
Author's Note and Acknowledgments 425
Index 429