I read a book on Turing by the author .. and well .. I dont recommend it at all. He seems overly obsessed with sexual themes has no understanding of the hacker and scientist mindsets and no understanding of the maths whatsoever. After reading that book, I am not thinking of even looking at this book.
edit : At least they explicitly claim this book is a novel. The one on Turing masquerades as a biography.
I read the new york times article. I get the feeling that it draws too much attention to the personal, emotional relationships of Hardy, Ramanujan and others and dilutes the genius each one of them were. It definitely would be a good read once you are through with the brief introduction into their professional lives.<p>I myself being too obsessed with mathematics loved this biography of Ramanujan - The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan. ISBN:0671750615
I remember reading in Nobel laureate S.Chandrasekhar's biography,that the Royal Society's records on Ramanujam would be made public.It's long past that date.I wonder what happened.
This book has been out for awhile, but I just started reading it and am having a hard time putting it down. If you're interested in G.H. Hardy or Ramanujan, you should definitely read it. Of course, it's a novel, but the portrait of Hardy is fascinating.
what's the point of this post? why is any of this interesting????? what am I missing?<p>why would anyone care to read "fictions" about sexual inclinations of big minds (Hardy and undoubtedly huge mind of Ramanujan) when we don't even know/understand completely the works of these great minds?