Wednesday, January 23, 2013

842 - Srinivasa Ramanujan

Srinivasa Ramanujan was one of the greatest mathematicians India has ever seen.

The book begins with the baby Ramanujan, how a Brahmin from a small town of South India got an entry to one of the most prestigious institutions and worked with many devoted people of mathematics, a boy of 13 had mastered mathematics books prescribed for college students and the formulae he developed.

It also gives a clear picture of the problems he faced in England, his initially turbulent marriage, the return, the tuberculosis attack and finally his death.

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