- Mathematicians, Biography, England, India
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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About the book
- Author
- Robert Kanigel
- First published
- January 1, 1995
- Pages
- 438
- Publisher
- Vieweg Verlagsgesellschaft, Little, Brown Book Group Limited, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9781433210341
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- 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
Robert Kanigel is an American biographer and science writer, known as the author of seven books and more than 400 articles, essays, and reviews. *--Wikipedia* Photo Attribution: *SarahBea at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons*
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