The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity
A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan
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April 14, 2020 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781666550054
- File size: 11808 KB
- Duration: 00:24:35
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- English
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AudioFile Magazine
Narrator Soneela Nankani instills this audiobook with youthful wonder. She provides a distinct voice for each character and handles the Indian pronunciations with ease. A diverse soundtrack accompanies the narration, immersing listeners in the tale of Ramanujan, the boy who would reinvent modern mathematics. As he grew up, Ramanujan was so busy exploring numbers that he struggled with the rest of his schoolwork, even failing out of college. But after reaching out to Cambridge University, despite his lack of formal education, he received an invitation to England to share his ideas with other mathematicians. Sound effects, such as gentle rain, chalk on slate, and splashing water immerse listeners in this biography. A.K.R. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine -
Publisher's Weekly
Starred review from March 16, 2020
In his small Indian village, the child Ramanujan asks: “What is small?... What is big?” He contemplates this problem in creative ways: “A mango is like an egg. It is just one thing. But if I chop it in two, then chop the half in two, and keep on chopping, I get more and more bits... to an infinity I could never ever reach. Yet when I put them back together, I still have just one mango.” Alznauer deftly uses Ramanujan’s ponderings to illustrate complex mathematical concepts, including prime numbers, partitions, and infinite sums. Despite his brilliance (or perhaps because of it), Ramanujan struggles: “ ‘I am like the first man in the world with no one to hear me speak,’ he thought.” Eventually, his genius is recognized—and his work still sparks wonder among mathematicians today. Lush watercolors by Miyares capture the lyrical details of Ramanujan’s world. Ages 5–9.
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