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Lone genius? Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan is the latest to get the scientific biopic treatment. The self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan has long been a hero in ...

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Even if we mapped every genome, mathematics would still confront us with unending questions Dr Reyaz Ahmad “Mathematics is ...