An edition of The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan (1991)

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A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

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An edition of The Man Who Knew Infinity: 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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Washington Square Press
Language
English
Pages
438

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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
in English
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The man who knew infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-423) and index.
Originally published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
510/.92, B
Library of Congress
QA29.R3 K36 1992

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 438 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
438

ID Numbers

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OL1557082M
ISBN 10
0671750615
LCCN
91037763
OCLC/WorldCat
24590544
Library Thing
15098
Goodreads
342009

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