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''The Man Who Knew Infinity'' is a 2015 Biographical Historical {{Drama}} based on the 1991 book of the same name about pioneering self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan who grew up in poverty but proved himself to be highly skilled in mathematics, after he began corresponding with English mathematician G.H. Hardy he was invited to attend Cambridge University during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI where he faced many struggles both socially and academically as he tries to gets his works published.

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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Great knowledge comes from the humbliest humblest of origins'']]

''The Man Who Knew Infinity'' is a 2015 Biographical Historical {{Drama}} {{Historical|Fiction}} {{Drama|tropes}} based on the 1991 book of the same name about pioneering self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan who grew up in poverty but proved himself to be highly skilled in mathematics, after he began corresponding with English mathematician G.H. Hardy he was invited to attend Cambridge University during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI where he faced many struggles both socially and academically as he tries to gets his works published.



* AdaptationalJerkass: Hardy. The real man was nowhere as demanding and stubborn in his ways as the biopic makes him out to be. He was well aware of and accomodating of Ramanujan's lack of formal Western education, to the point that he treated him more lenient than he otherwise might have done so as not to discourage or disappoint him.

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Hardy. The real man was nowhere as demanding and stubborn in his ways as the biopic makes him out to be. He was well aware of and accomodating accommodating of Ramanujan's lack of formal Western education, to the point that he treated him more lenient than he otherwise might have done so as not to discourage or disappoint him.
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'''Andrew Hartley:''' No. He's married to his work, as they say. I suppose that means you now.
* UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}}: Ramanujan attends Cambridge, where most of the story takes place.
* WorksSetInWorldWarI: The movie takes place around the time of the First World War.

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'''Andrew Hartley:''' No. He's married to his work, as they say. I suppose that means you now.
* UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}}: Ramanujan attends Cambridge, where most of the story takes place.
* WorksSetInWorldWarI: The movie takes place around the time of the First World War.
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