Letters from an Indian Clerk

Nan
1h 0m
1987

Overview

The story of how, in 1914, the self-taught Indian mathematical genius SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN came to England and Trinity College, Cambridge, to work with the great British pure mathematician GH Hardy.

Country : United Kingdom
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Released Date: 1987-10-29
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