ravishingravi Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Today being mathematics day, I have been watching documentaries and reading extensively about him. Mathematical genius part is fairly known. But the mystical part of his this young clerk with no exposure got to derive such complex formulas. By his own statement deity would tell him in his sleep and he couldn't explain otherwise. His eccentricities and idiosyncrasies aside, such a tragic story too in many ways. To die so young when there was so much he could have contributed. Made me almost cry thinking about this young boy caught sick in cold of London. Isolated. Almost 4000 theorems and equations. Unbelievable considering very short productive work time he got. The man who knew infinity but also deeply feared it. BacktoCricaddict, EnterTheVoid, coffee_rules and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnterTheVoid Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 The brightest stars burn the shortest. This seems to be the case for any genius/prodigy. Lord, ravishingravi and BacktoCricaddict 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravishingravi Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 https://youtu.be/A-2U1BG76Bs?si=geAnqbfcLxY1SKua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Wolf Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Dev Patel's The man who knew infinity was based on this genius. What a man... Might be one of the greatest Indians that ever lived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Man of science! I owe everything to Goddess Namagiri Thayar of Namakkal who leaves these mathematical formulae on my tongue in my dreams. An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God. - Srinivasa Ramanujan. Genius of a man! ravishingravi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillu Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/24/2023 at 6:42 PM, Lone Wolf said: Dev Patel's The man who knew infinity was based on this genius. What a man... Might be one of the greatest Indians that ever lived This movie was based on the book The man who knew infinity by his mentor GH Hardy himself. Lone Wolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravishingravi Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 45 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Man of science! I owe everything to Goddess Namagiri Thayar of Namakkal who leaves these mathematical formulae on my tongue in my dreams. An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God. - Srinivasa Ramanujan. Genius of a man! Exactly. Defying binaries of modern schools of scientific thinking and rationalism. There are more than one way to look at this world and experience this life. For Ramanujan, the complex formulas were about connecting the creation with the creator. coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranvir Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/24/2023 at 1:12 PM, Lone Wolf said: Dev Patel's The man who knew infinity was based on this genius. What a man... Might be one of the greatest Indians that ever lived It was a disappointing film. Ramanujan deserved better. The Tamils should make a film on him. ravishingravi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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