A DEEPLY obscure mathematician with an eccentric personal life wins a Nobel prize. He becomes the subject of an acclaimed biography, which forms the basis of a hugely successful Hollywood movie. Sounds familiar? The mathematician is, of course, , who was played by Russell Crowe in the movie A Beautiful Mind.
Now a similar sequence looks set to play out with the . During 2007, Ramanujan’s life and work have been the subject of a sold-out stage play, A Disappearing Number, at London’s Barbican Centre, and no less than three rival movie projects. Two of these emanate from Hollywood:…
