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The Man Who Knew Infinity
by Robert Kanigel
Ramanujan: a clerk in Madras who sent his formulas to Hardy and changed mathematics before dying at thirty-two. Moving biography.
Read it if…
you want genius from nowhere.
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Skip it if…
you want the math explained in detail.
Try instead: A Beautiful Mind →
Three things you will actually use
- Genius needs a reader.
- Intuition can outrun proof.
- Write the letter.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the letter to Hardy.
Our verdict
Ramanujan.
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