The Cliffs Notes on the story. A 17 minute segment on Science Friday:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/scifri-segments/scifri201605135.mp3
or if you just want to read about it:
http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/finding-ramanujan/
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bp
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On 5/21/2016 10:29 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
I did not know the story, but heard an interview with Ken Ono (a
mathematician who was a technical consultant and associate producer
for the movie). I was wearing my FM hearing protectors while mowing
the grass, so I may have missed some of the details. None-the-less the
story was fascinating.
They are still trying to figure out some of his formulas today. A
truly amazing story about a man with minimal formal education could
create formulas and theories that people are puzzling about today;
decades later.
bp
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On 5/20/2016 7:08 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
“The man who knew infinity”
Two thumbs up. I knew the story but didn’t know they made a movie
about him.
