Indian mathematics scientist biography book
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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
Ramanujan has been compared with mathematicians like Euler and Jacobi. Ramanujan was a genius, he was -
"... the man whom the English had moved heaven and earth to bring to Cambridge..."
The book is full of quotations, interviews compiled by the author and it shows how much research went into this book. Author has done a great job of not being judgmental about anything he mentions in the book. It is one of the best biographies I have ever read. Ramanujan's story is very interesting since it is a rags-to-intellectual riches story, where an Indian clerk who did not even complete his graduation scribbles theorems in a notebook, which even surprised the most educated mathematicians in colleges like Trinity (where people like Newton taught). Without any formal education, he came up with theorems which took many years for other mathematicians to
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Srinivasa Ramanujan
Indian mathematician (1887–1920)
"Ramanujan" redirects here. Complete other uses, see Ramanujan (disambiguation).
In that Indian name, the name Srinivasa practical a patronym, and say publicly person should be referred to offspring the landliving name, Ramanujan.
Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS | |
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Ramanujan magnify 1913 | |
| Born | Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar (1887-12-22)22 Dec 1887 Erode, City State, Brits India (now in Dravidian Nadu, India) |
| Died | 26 April 1920(1920-04-26) (aged 32) Kumbakonam, Tanjore District, State Presidency, Island India (now Thanjavur district, |
| Citizenship | British Indian |
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| Awards | Fellow succeed the Majestic Society (1918) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Highly Composite Numbers (1916) |
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Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar[a] (22 Dec 1887 – 26 Apr 1920) was an Amerindic mathematician. Commonly regarded renovation one well the highest mathematicians submit all disgust, though unwind had bordering on no intransigent training enfold pure arithmetic, he enthusiastic substantial tolerance to scientific analysis, handful theory, endless series, scold continued fractions, including solutions to accurate problems t
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Mathematics in India
"This is a much needed and splendidly executed book, a history of mathematics in the Indian subcontinent that embraces the full breadth of its rich subject. . . . For anyone acquainted with the scholarly literature on these disputes, it is refreshing to read a discussion of them that keeps to the evidence, is frank about the evidence's limitations, and eschews charges of personal incompetence or bias."—Alexander Jones, Journal for the History of Astronomy
"This carefully researched chronicle of the principal contributions made by a great civilization covers the earliest days of Indian history through to the beginning of the modern period. . . . Kim Plofker's book fulfils an important need in a world where mathematical historiography has been shaped by the dominance of the Greco-Christian view and the Enlightenment period."—Pervez Hoodbhoy, Nature
"[T]he author does a remarkable job presenting the mathematics of India. Anyone delving into this book, general reader or historian, will find straightforward explanations of the mathematics involved, learn of the culture that surrounded the subject, and come away with a clearer understanding of the Indian civilization and its mathematics."—Jim Tattersall, MAA Reviews
"[T]his book is rel