The Man Who Knew Infinity' by Robert Kanigel (1991)

The Man Who Knew Infinity is a biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

It follows his life from his humble beginnings in Madras, India, to his studies at Cambridge University.

Ramanujan developed his mathematical skills with very little formal instruction and was largely self-taught.

He was mentored by English mathematician G.H. Hardy and their friendship is a major focus of the book.

The Man Who Knew Infinity covers Ramanujan's struggles with his health, his work being dismissed as too abstract, and his fight for recognition for his mathematical contributions.

Despite his untimely death at the age of 32, Ramanujan's legacy has endured and his theorems are still widely used today.

The book examines how the genius of Ramanujan was able to break the traditional rules of mathematics and develop new theorems.

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