| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
nam a22 7a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
180228b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
9783319255668 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
510.92 |
| Item number |
ONO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Ono, Ken |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
My search for Ramanujan : how I learned to count |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
|---|
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Springer, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2016 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York: |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
xvi, 238 p. |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
|---|
| Price type code |
EURO |
| Price amount |
26.99, Rs. 2248.27 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc |
The son of a prominent Japanese mathematician who came to the United States after World War II, Ken Ono was raised on a diet of high expectations and little praise. Rebelling against his pressure-cooker of a life, Ken determined to drop out of high school to follow his own path. To obtain his father's approval, he invoked the biography of the famous Indian mathematical prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan, whom his father revered, who had twice flunked out of college because of his single-minded devotion to mathematics. Ono describes his rocky path through college and graduate school, interweaving Ramanujan's story with his own and telling how at key moments, he was inspired by Ramanujan and guided by mentors who encouraged him to pursue his interest in exploring Ramanujan's mathematical legacy. Picking up where others left off, beginning with the great English mathematician G.H. Hardy, who brought Ramanujan to Cambridge in 1914, Ono has devoted his mathematical career to understanding how in his short life, Ramanujan was able to discover so many deep mathematical truths, which Ramanujan believed had been sent to him as visions from a Hindu goddess. And it was Ramanujan who was ultimately the source of reconciliation between Ono and his parents. Ono's search for Ramanujan ranges over three continents and crosses paths with mathematicians whose lives span the globe and the entire twentieth century and beyond. Along the way, Ken made many fascinating discoveries. The most important and surprising one of all was his own humanity. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Ramanujan Aiyangar |
|
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Number theory |
|
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mathematical Science |
|
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Mathematicians - Biography |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Aczel, Amir D. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
|---|
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
|
| Item type |
Books |