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 toll: 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.
- ISBN10 0349142408
- ISBN13 9780349142401
- Publish Date 31 March 2016 (first published 14 November 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 6 September 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Little, Brown
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 464
- Language English