The Man Who Knew Infinity (Audiobook)

from setnahkt

Mostly because if it were titled The Man Who Knew Number Theory it wouldn't sell as many copies. If you do a biography of a great musician or great artist or great author, you've got it easy. There may well be people who won't understand why Mozart was a great musician or Monet a great artist or ...

from ldefillipo

An excellent portrait. Not entirely free of subjectivity, but, those of Mr. Kanigel's insights encountered help elucidate without prejudicing understanding. Does a wonderful job of putting the life of the genius Ramanujan in context of the events of the time which were themselves incredible. Stri...

from ajlewis2

The book seems to be a complete and honest biography of Ramanujan with a good deal about Hardy as well. I would give it a 5-star for content, but the writing is not really at that level in my opinion. It was a bit difficult for me to work my way through it. Thankfully it was not one of those book...

from jasonlf

A really fantastic book. I appreciated a biography that had a lot of equations. But even without the equations not only was Ramanujan a wonderfully drawn portrait but it also really conveyed collaboration and the very interesting story of Hardy as well. 

from nosajeel

A really fantastic book. I appreciated a biography that had a lot of equations. But even without the equations not only was Ramanujan a wonderfully drawn portrait but it also really conveyed collaboration and the very interesting story of Hardy as well.