A Mathematician's Apology

Graham Greene hailed this 1940 account of mathematics as the best account of what it's like to be a creative artist, alongside Henry James's notebooks. Its author was C. P. Snow, the British novelist who also wrote "The Physicists. " This unique book offers sympathetic and witty insights into Hardy's life, with its rich store of anecdotes concerning his collaboration with the brilliant Indian mathematician Ramanujan, his idiosyncrasies, and his passion for cricket.