Littlewood: Don't be intimidated. Great knowledge comes from the humblest of origins.
G.H. Hardy: From an Indian clerk ill-educated in Madras. I would very highly value any advice you give me. Yours truly, S. Ramanujan.
S. Ramanujan: I owe you so much.

G.H. Hardy: No, it is I who owe you.
S. Ramanujan: These steps you want, I do not know how to do!
S. Ramanujan: What you might see now is ordinary glass,

S. Ramanujan: I promise you will soon remain to see a diamond.
S. Ramanujan: [gazing at the umbrella Hardy is carrying in full sunlight] Sir, do you know something I do not?

G.H. Hardy: [sarcastically] Apparently not!

[realizing the question referred to his umbrella]

G.H. Hardy: Oh! God and I don't exactly see eye-to-eye. So if I prepare for rain, then it won't. So far, so good.

[bellowing at the sky]

G.H. Hardy: I'm Hardy. And I'm spending the afternoon in the Wren Library!

[speaking again to Ramanujan]

G.H. Hardy: Now we're sure to have sunshine. Hmph. You see, I am what you call an atheist.

S. Ramanujan: No, sir. You believe in God. You just don't think He likes you.
Major MacMahon: Now, how high I have to go?

S. Ramanujan: P of 200 should do. I really can do it.
G.H. Hardy: There are no proofs nor underlying laws that can determine the outcome of matters of the heart. Of that I'm sure.
S. Ramanujan: There are patterns in everything. The color in light, the reflections in water... in math, these patterns reveal themselves in the most incredible form. It's quite beautiful.
S. Ramanujan: Don't you see? An equation has no meaning to me... unless it expresses a thought of God.
S. Ramanujan: What do you see?

Janaki: Sand.

S. Ramanujan: Imagine if we could look so closely we could see each grain, each particle. You see there are patterns in everything.
Janaki: Don't forget me.

S. Ramanujan: I could never.
G.H. Hardy: We need proofs of your work.

S. Ramanujan: But they are right, sir.
S. Ramanujan: Don't you know what I've given up to be here? I have nothing!
S. Ramanujan: You wanted to know how I get my ideas. God speaks to me.

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The Man Who Knew Infinity short comments

Bettye 2022-03-22 09:02:09

Dev Patel is playing Indian. . . Jeremy Northam's style is more like JMK, how can he not play BR. .
Serenity 2021-12-23 08:01:55

I like to read the stories of mathematicians, probably because they are very smart and their stories are very burning. Ramanujan suffers from tuberculosis and does not strengthen nutrition when he is seriously ill. Although the power of belief is great, he never thought that his death would be a pity for all mankind. Although he is smart but has no education, there is still some ignorance.