Человек, который познал бесконечность: жизнь гения Рамануджан РОБЕРТ КАНИГЕЛЬ

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

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.

• Autor: Robert Kanigel
• Wydawnictwo: Little, Brown and Company
• Rok wydania: 2016
• Okładka: miękka
• Liczba stron: 448
• Wymiary: 19.8 x 12.8 x 3.1 cm
• Ilustracje: Section: 8, Int b&w
• Język: angielski
• ISBN: 9780349104522