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A Mathematician's Apology

G. H. Hardy info

First published 1940

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Hardy on why pure mathematics is worth doing, written near the end of his career.

The author

G. H. Hardy

1877–1947 · British mathematician

  • Copley Medal
  • Professor at Cambridge
  • Professor at Oxford
  • Fellow of the Royal Society
Profession
Mathematician, Professor
Worked at
Oxford, Cambridge
Studied at
Cambridge
Studied under
Augustus Edward Hough Love, E. T. Whittaker
Prizes
Copley Medal (1947), Royal Medal (1920), De Morgan Medal (1929), Sylvester Medal (1940), Fellow of the Royal Society (1910), Smith's Prize (1901), Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1928), Chauvenet Prize (1932)

Championed the self-taught Ramanujan and brought him to Cambridge.

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Subjects

Mathematics