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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardcover)

ISBN
  
978-0-684-19259-8

Originally published
  
1991

Publisher
  
Charles Scribner's Sons

Country
  
United States of America

Publication date
  
1991

Pages
  
438

Dewey Decimal
  
510/.92 B 20

Author
  
Robert Kanigel

Page count
  
438

Subjects
  
Biography, Mathematics

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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan is a biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, written in 1991 by Robert Kanigel and published by Washington Square Press. 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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Film adaptation

A feature film of the same title and based on the book was directed by Matt Brown using his own script. Srinivasa Ramanujan is played by Dev Patel, G. H. Hardy by Jeremy Irons, and Devika Bhise plays Ramanujan’s wife. Filming began in August 2014 at Trinity College, Cambridge.

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The Man Who Knew Infinity Wikipedia


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