Indian Clerk

Author : DAVID LEAVITT

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Format : Paperback
ISBN(13) : 9780747596325
ISBN(10) : 0747596328
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Imprint : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date (AUS) : December 2008
Pages : 496
Height (mm) : 198
Width (mm) : 129
SpineWidth (mm) : 30
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Description

January, 1913, Cambridge. G.H. Hardy - eccentric, charismatic and considered the greatest British mathematician of his age - receives a mysterious envelope covered with Indian stamps. Inside he finds a rambling letter from a self-professed mathematical genius who claims to be on the brink of solving the most important mathematical problem of his time. Hardy determines to learn more about this mysterious Indian clerk, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a decision that will profoundly affect not only his own life, and that of his friends, but the entire history of mathematics. Set against the backdrop of the First World War, and populated with such luminaries as D.H. Lawrence and Bertrand Russell, "The Indian Clerk" fashions from this fascinating period an utterly compelling story about our need to find order in the world.

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