Characters from The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius, Ramanujan

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

S. Ramanujan - This person took no interest in subjects other than math.

GH Hardy - This person was one of the most prominent English mathematicians and was responsible for advancing the cause of pure and rigorous mathematics in England.

GE Moore - This person was a mentor in the Apostles and a colleague at Cambridge.

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis - This person was an Indian student at Cambridge whose primary interest was statistics.

Isaac Newton - This person was the great English mathematician and developer of physics in the late 17th...
(read more)