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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JEREMY IRONS AND DEV PATEL! A moving and enlightening look at the unbelievable true story of how gifted prodigy Ramanujan stunned the scholars of Cambridge University and revolutionized mathematics.In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Har... Read More about The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

In this, his first memoir, celebrated biographer and non-fiction book author Robert Kanigel tells of "muddling" his way into adulthood, love, and a new life. The 1950s formed him first; then the 1960s got their grip on him. His journey, rich in its sense of time and place, begins with his childhood... Read More about Young Man, Muddled: A Memoir

What makes genuine leather genuine? What makes real things real? In an age of virtual reality, veneers, synthetics, plastics, fakes, and knockoffs, it's hard to know. Over the centuries, men and women have devoted enormous energy to making fake things seem real. As early as the fourteenth century,... Read More about Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 2 Years of Inspired Fakes

Der Bericht ber das Leben Ramanujans, des vielleicht gr ten mathematischen Genies des 20. Jahrhunderts, liest sich wie ein spannender, facettenreicher Roman. 1887 als Sohn einer armen Brahmanenfamilie in S dindien geboren, ist es Ramanujan nie gelungen, ein Universit tsexamen abzulegen, und bis zu... Read More about Der Das Unendliche Kannte: Das Leben Des Genialen Mathematikers Srinivasa Ramanujan

Der Bericht ber das Leben Ramanujans, des vielleicht gr ten mathematischen Genies des 20. Jahrhunderts, liest sich wie ein spannender, facettenreicher Roman. 1887 als Sohn einer armen Brahmanenfamilie in S dindien geboren, ist es Ramanujan nie gelungen, ein Universit tsexamen abzulegen, und bis zu... Read More about Der Das Unendliche Kannte: Das Leben Des Genialen Mathematikers Srinivasa Ramanujan