By 1918, the Indian born, self-thought mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was already making headlines all over the world, recognized as one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his time.  He was born into a poor Brahman family and with no formal education. Luckily he came across a couple of textbook maths, and since he didn’t … Continue reading How a ‘rather dull’ taxi number inspired Ramanujan to make a math discovery decades ahead of his time