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

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  • Author: Kanigel, Robert
    Contributor:

    Bower, Humphrey

    Summary:

    In 1913, a young, unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging the preeminent mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. It was the beginning of a collaboration with a true genius of the century.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Science
    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon] , Blackstone Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781433210341

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    1433210347

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    9781470896522

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    1470896524

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Bower, Humphrey

Abstract

In 1913, a young, unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging the preeminent mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. It was the beginning of a collaboration with a true genius of the century.

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Biographies and autobiographies
Science
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[Ashland, Oregon]

Blackstone Publishing

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