Ok, here I go… Terrified... mortified... petrified... stupefied… by myself.
- I confess for doing injustice to my people, my country folks.
- I confess for being a movieholic.
- I confess for not being a lover of math.
- I confess for not knowing about our great legends.
I confess and confess and confess….Basically I am a science student and a lover of my subject especially biology, human anatomy, physiology and nutrition. I never ever used to show a bit of interest in math. Watching the movie A BEAUTIFUL MIND made me curious to know about John Forbes Nash Jr. a Nobel award winner. Trust me, till then I never knew the existence of him. I wanted to write a blog on him and his works. So was surfing online for the same and wanted to get few inputs from my husband.R: He just gave a piece of titter and said am happy as you came to know about him as well wanted to know more. But tell me, what is it that you know about SRINIVASA RAMANUJAM?S: Well, he was and still is a great mathematicianR: and????S: He is from IndiaR: and???S: He is BrahminR: and??? Ok, now you know that John Nash is a Nobel winner.S: Very much yes.R: So, can you please tell me if Sir RAMANUJAM was awarded a Nobel Prize or not?S: Well he is spoken till date for his achievements and none of them are able to complete his incomplete theorems as he passed away. So, he “must have been rewarded”.R: Is it!!!! Why don’t you do some home work on Sir RAMANUJAM before going Dr. Nash, will you?S: certainly.R: Good. (He left)I was surfing online. To my surprise, I found few astounding facts.
- He had no formal training in PURE MATHEMATICS.
- He was “A MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY”.
- Within his lifetime (32 yrs) he had independently completed nearly 3900results.
- Sir RAMANUJAM never got a Nobel Prize.
Shocking of all, 5. There is
no Nobel Prize given for MATHEMATICS.
(know why?)Gosh!!! May be, I would have known this if someone would have depicted his life history just like Dr. Nash’s.Thanks to my husband - a lover of math.
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