The Mathematics Book That Awakened Ramanujan’s Genius

A historical piece of literature that played a key role in Ramanujan’s life

Srinivasa Ramanujan was a Tamil Nadu born mathematical prodigy. Despite being born in a poor family and having no formal education in pure mathematics, Ramanujan went on to formulate and solve some of the most important mathematical theorems which were then considered unsolvable. Ramanujan’s simplicity, wit, and pure love towards mathematics got him into Cambridge where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in…