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In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the preeminent English mathematician's thoughts and opinions on several ideas he previously about numbers. Realizing the letter was the task of any genius, Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come quickly to England. Thus started one of the very most improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled. Which has 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 advanced 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.
