Soon to be a major motion picture, the story of one of the most
improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled, between a
young unschooled Indian prodigy and a great English mathematician.
In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H
Hardy, begging the preeminent English mathematician's opinion on
several ideas he had about numbers. Realizing 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.
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