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Biographical note
Robert Kanigel is the author of six other books, including The Man Who Knew Infinity. After 13 years as professor of science writing at MIT, he has returned to full-time writing in Baltimore.<b>It is a magic, tragic ugly-duckling fable that Robert Kanigel</b> tells in <i>The Man Who Knew Infinity</i>... In it, a greatly gifted man is born to a culture that doesn't understand what the man is about. Still, his talent blossoms until news of it spreads to the other side of the world, where he is eventually summoned by the masters of his skill. The man goes among them and performs his magic. Skepticism gives way to wonder. But away from home, the man grows lonely and ill. He returns to his birthplace, only to die.
New York Times
An exquisite portrait...the rarest of literary achievements...<b>Ramanujan's tale is the stuff of fable</b>
Los Angeles Times
<b>An exciting and thoughtful book</b>... should catch the imagination of any reader - even the reader with little mathematical background
Independent
This is a fine example of a work of popularising mathematics, and deserves a wide readership.
New Scientist
An exquisite portrait...the rarest of literary achievements...Ramanujan's tale is the stuff of fable
LOS ANGELES TIMES
an exciting and thoughtful book... should catch the imagination of any reader- even the reader with little mathematical background.
INDEPENDENT
This is a fine example of a work of popularising mathematics, and deserves a wide readership.
NEW SCIENTIST
Enthralling... one of the best scientific biographies I've ever seen.
John Gribbin