The man who knew infinity (Record no. 2161)
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control field | OSt |
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control field | 20240910152652.0 |
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780349104522 |
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Transcribing agency | Tata Book House |
Original cataloging agency | ICTS-TIFR |
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
Classification number | QA29.R3 |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Kanigel Robert |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The man who knew infinity |
Remainder of title | : a life of the genius Ramanujan |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | USA |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Abacus |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | [c1991] |
300 ## - Physical Description | |
Pages: | 438 p |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Realising the letter was the work of a genius, Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England. Thus began one of the most improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled. 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 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. |
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ICTS | Rack No 3 | 01/18/2019 | QA29.R3 | 01507 | Book |