印度职员
The Indian clerk
David Leavitt · 初版 2007 年
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1913年1月，剑桥。G.H. Hardy——这位特立独行、魅力超凡且被公认为当代最杰出的英国数学家——收到了一封贴满印度邮票的神秘信件。信中是一篇杂乱无章的来信，寄信人自称数学天才，声称即将攻克那个时代最重要的数学难题。Hardy 决心进一步了解这位神秘的印度职员 Srinivasa Ramanujan，而这一决定不仅深刻改变了他本人及朋友的生活，更重塑了整部数学史。以
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……已经读过了《Cryptonomicon》（详见：http://jseliger.com/2006/11/29/cryptonomicon ），那你的方向很对，不过你应该跳过《Baroque Cycle》和《Anathem》。* David Leavitt 的《The Indian Clerk》涉及了大量的数学内容（http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/the-indian-clerk）。* Joel Spolsky 的《The Best Software Writing》虽然不是小说，但很值得一读。* 我还要重申一下 Tom Wolfe 的《The……
…already read Cryptonomicon (see more here: http://jseliger.com/2006/11/29/cryptonomicon ), you're going in the right direction, but you should skip the Baroque cycle and Anathem. * David Leavitt's The Indian Clerk deals extensively with math (http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/the-indian-clerk). * Joel Spolsky's The Best Software Writing isn't fiction but is worth reading. * I'll reiterate Tom Wolf's The…
虽然它更偏向历史虚构小说而非纪实作品，但我同样推荐：http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Clerk-Novel-David-Leavitt/dp/15...
Though it's more historical fiction than non-fiction, I would also recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Clerk-Novel-David-Leavitt/dp/15...
我想提一下 David Leavitt 的《The Indian Clerk》：关于 Hardy 和 Ramanujan 的历史虚构小说。我读得非常享受。
I'd like to mention David Leavitt's The Indian Clerk: historical fiction about Hardy and Ramanujan. I enjoyed it very much.
……《Goldbach's Conjecture》和《Logicomix》（两本均出自 Apostolos Doxiadis 之手），2. James Gleick 的《Chaos》，3. Paul Hoffman 的《The Man Who Loved Only Numbers》，4. G.H. Hardy 的《A Mathematician's Apology》，5. David Leavitt 的《The Indian Clerk》（小说，关于 GH Hardy 和 Ramanujan），6. Siobhan Roberts 的《Genius at Play》（关于 John Conway）。平时我一般都会避开书名里带“……的心智”或“Genius”字眼的流行数学书……
…Goldback's Conjecture" & "Logicomix" (both by Apostolos Doxiadis), 2."Chaos" by James Gleick, 3. "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" by Paul Hoffman 4. "A Mathematician's Apology" by G.H. Hardy 5. "The Indian Clerk" (fiction) by David Leavitt (about GH Hardy & Ramanujan) 6. "Genius at Play" by Siobhan Roberts (about John Conway). Normally I stay away from pop-math books with the words "The mind of..." or "Genius"…