The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by Robert Kanigel
Category: Biography & Autobiography

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.