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The man who knew infinity
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An edition of ↪ /works/OL3333462W: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan (1991)

The man who knew infinity

a life of the genius, Ramanujan

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A biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The book gives a detailed account of his upbringing in India, his mathematical achievements, and his mathematical collaboration with English 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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Subjects
Mathematicians, Biography, England, India, Ramanujan, Aiyangar Srinivasa, 1887-1920, Hardy, G. H. 1877-1947, Mathematicians -- India -- Biography, Mathematicians -- Great Britain -- Biography, Ramanujan Aiyangar, Srinivasa, 1887-1920, Hardy, G. H. (Godfrey Harold), 1877-1947, Ramanujan, aiyangar, srinivasa, 1887-1920, Mathematicians, biography, India, biography
People
G. H. Hardy (1877-1947), Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar (1887-1920)
Places
Great Britain, India

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Der das Unendliche kannte: Das Leben des genialen Mathematikers Srinivasa Ramanujan
1993, Vieweg+Teubner Verlag
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The man who knew infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
1992, Washington Square Press
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The man who knew infinity: A life of the genius Ramanujan
1991, C. Scribner's, Collier Macmillan Canada, Maxwell Macmillan International
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New York : Toronto : New York

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 417-423. Includes index.

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ix, 438 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Number of pages
438

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OL21401783M
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0684192594
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15098
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