Ramanujan: From Zero to Infinity
Ramanujan: From Zero to Infinity
Ages 10–13Indian author
Young Srinivasa Ramanujan only wants to do maths at school in Kumbakonam, but this year there's no maths teacher. Instead, a string of odd substitutes has the boys lifting iron ingots, measuring milk and frying fish, and Ramanujan's team is drawn into a maths challenge he simply has to win. A funny story about the great mathematician as a boy, with puzzles to solve. Great Minds at Work series.
- Author
- Arundhati Venkatesh
- Age
- Ages 10–13
- Type
- Biography, Maths, Funny, Chapter Book
- Language
- English, Kannada
- Publisher
- Puffin India
- Readers rate it
- 4.06 / 5 on Goodreads
- In India
- Available
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