Friend of Numbers tells the true story of Srinuvasa Ramanujan, who left his home of southern India in 1914 to study under the acclaimed mathematician G.H. Hardy at Cambridge University. Fascinated with numbers since he was a child, Ramanujan’s love of numbers and math keep him going despite the difficulties of adjusting to a place that is so different from home. Recognized as a genius during his time and our own, Ramanujan’s short but brilliant life is portrayed vividly in this picture book biography. The book includes back matter with an author’s note, a glossary of Ramanujan’s world, and mathematical content about number patterns and magic squares.
- ISBN: 9780802856081
- Author: Priya Narayanan
- Illustrator: Satwik Gade
- Published: 2023 , Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
- Themes: biography, Cambridge, England (UK), India, Mathematics, numbers, Story nonfiction
- Descriptors: Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, England (UK), India, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 40