The Man Who Knew Infinity | Based on a True Story

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The Man Who Knew Infinity is a by-the-numbers biopic, but it has a lot to say. Unfortunately, by following the standard Hollywood formula, the inaccuracies add up. Every variable in that formula could have been changed for accuracy to make this a better film, but the spirit of the man depicted is still within its form.
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The Man Who Knew Infinity is a 2015 British biographical drama film based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel. The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life mathematician who after growing up poor in Madras, India, earns admittance to Cambridge University during World War I, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G. H. Hardy, portrayed by Jeremy Irons.
Filming began in August 2014 at Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] The film had its world premiere as a gala presentation at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[1][5] and was selected as the opening gala of the 2015 Zurich Film Festival.[6] It also played other film festivals including Singapore International Film Festival[7] and Dubai International Film Festival.[8]
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@dondl578 6 жыл бұрын

One has to wonder the type of works he would have accomplished if he would have lived to his 60's or 70's.

@daathisone5459 5 жыл бұрын

the world would be different becuz people still take ideas from his work.

@cheymilion3168 4 жыл бұрын

Daath is one Yeah we still use his work.

@aasirafzal2927 3 жыл бұрын

Yes u r right I am agree he was a genius if he could have live for long it has been a great discovery in mathematics

@fragout9870 3 жыл бұрын

Thought the same

@mindatrest6838 6 жыл бұрын

He didn't even have money to buy enough paper.... He was the greatest genius who ever walked the earth.... He discovered 200 years of mathematical discoveries all by himself.... And much much more..... Scientists are still researching and using his formulas.....

@busybee6889 3 жыл бұрын

Newton had him ..the guy opened us up to stuff we would of not imagined...but there's no escaping his genius

@electronwave4551 3 жыл бұрын

@@busybee6889 I'll add an important point. Unlike other geniuses, science and mathematics were diversions for Newton, his primary purpose of life being a personal experience of the mind of God as expressed through the form and character of the Universe, and I strongly suspect he had his nose buried in the Bible and other (alternate) 'theological' texts for most of his waking hours most of his life. The time of writing the Principia is when he seemingly devoted more hours to maths/science for 18 months than his own form of theology. The man takes the cake.

@electronwave4551 2 жыл бұрын

@@luxinvictus9018 I agree with what you say. Pushing the 'greatest' tag is not the way to understand super intellects; I did so to 'provoke' an intellectual conversation. My main point was the sheer speed Newton's intellect could manage, and that this proficiency was directed into biblical studies for most of his life, whereas most geniuses devote their thoughts to their fields of expertise.

@Roberto97810 Жыл бұрын

Exactly my words 🤐🙏🏼

@Said-uz4wz Жыл бұрын

But he wasn't smart enough to realize that his religion was the cause of his death.

@Czeckie 6 жыл бұрын

If Ramanujan was fictional character, nobody would buy it. He's more fantastic than fiction.

@ThomasJDavis 5 жыл бұрын

You mean nobody would believe that he could be real. That's what Mormons say about Joseph Smith.

@Myrslokstok 4 жыл бұрын

They use that as an argument for "Will Hunting"!

@johndwolynetz6495 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit you are right

@NelsonStJames 2 ай бұрын

No one would believe it primarily because he wasn’t European. Here in the west people are more than willing to accept stories about exceptional European protagonists all the time. Today the minute you portray an exceptional individual who isn’t be in fiction or real, the gallery in the cheap seats will immediately start to call it “woke”.

@erejnion 7 жыл бұрын

Huh? His wife actually lived to 95 years old? Wow. Man. I wish I had met her.

@akashajayan7259 2 жыл бұрын

😇😇😇

@vipul2.032 Жыл бұрын

Bro, just imagine if s. Ramanujan lived 32 years.

@jagannathbarman6712 7 жыл бұрын

During 1900s, it was a fairly common practice to marry someone 10 years old. Also, it was forbidden for the groom and bride to meet before marriage. So Ramanujan didn't actually have any choice.

@markcarey67 2 жыл бұрын

I remember coming across one of his formulas for approximating pi in an undergraduate textbook and thinking "How the fuck would you think of THAT??!!". Dude was operating on a completely different level to regular mortals.

@MegF142857 7 жыл бұрын

Biggest alteration in the real biography was the age of his child bride, which they obviously changed to make socially acceptable. She was too young and then World War II hit and blocked her coming to join him when she was old enough. I felt sad for him because with his wife then he wouldn't have been so alone and would have had someone dedicated to taking care of his body in order for him to use his mind. They also dramatized aspects with his mother's relationship. -- There are lots of really good factual biographies about Ramanujan to watch for more accuracy and explanation. -- We are techie types and husband was a math major,. We enjoyed the movie!

@friendlyatheist387 4 жыл бұрын

There was child marriage in india but both bride and groom were not allowed to live together until they reach acceptable age which is 18+

@jamesfrancese6091 2 жыл бұрын

I think you mean WWI, but yes

@salmonking2724 7 жыл бұрын

truly an iconic genious in the field of mathematics

@johnle1723 5 жыл бұрын

not just the prowess of this man but also the power of mathematics in general.

@learner4315 6 жыл бұрын

HE WAS GOD GIFTED.

@anuvette 7 жыл бұрын

He didn't die at the age of 35, he died earlier.

@numbermathematics4137 6 жыл бұрын

@anuvette 6 жыл бұрын

yeah

@johndwolynetz6495 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no

@johndwolynetz6495 2 жыл бұрын

@@numbermathematics4137 oh that’s my [redacted] number!!!

@thiruvetti 6 жыл бұрын

I still dont know why Ramanujan was not given top class treatment after returning to India.. Since he was an FRS, I guess the British would have to respect and take care of him!

@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 жыл бұрын

A "by-the-numbers biopic"? What a great choice of words.

@oldcowbb 7 жыл бұрын

i'm surprised by the amount of real quotes, you should mention them

@priyama9379 6 жыл бұрын

FEELING PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN

@randyhankins6355 5 жыл бұрын

π = 3.14657888453923296868543659396969783839330695837386979759482737579548448349695948838383756886868484476979795858383834

@crescentalpha7596 4 жыл бұрын

@@randyhankins6355 no

@busybee6889 3 жыл бұрын

you guys are smart as fck in most stuff especially medicine

@priyama9379 3 жыл бұрын

@@busybee6889 facts

@vaishnavisuresh9037 7 жыл бұрын

Caste is hereditary and no one 'becomes a caste'. Traditionally among certain castes crossing the seas meant losing caste and it was a taboo.

@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG 7 жыл бұрын

Only Hindu and Muslim nationalist believe that.

@chonchjohnch 4 жыл бұрын

One thing I dislike about scientific biopics is how much they centralize discoveries. Science and mathematics is a hugely collaborative effort. People give credit to Einstein for relativity, but in reality he was building on work by Lorentz, poincare, and noether. We love to almost deify these figures.

@Mattipedersen 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure exactly what you were referring to, while discussing the film failing to capture his acceptance into the Royal Society. However, I just wanted to point out that the film does cover his acceptance (towards the end).

@ExploratoryBehaviour 7 жыл бұрын

Overall, a well made video, except the "became a Brahman" part... In India, no one becomes a Brahman. People are born into that caste - given the caste system... But that can't take away your efforts into the video. Good work!!!

@humanbeing2722 5 жыл бұрын

Well actually in reality one becomes a Brahmin as it's a Varna and Varnas aren't heriditary.

@CAAnmoldeepsingh 4 жыл бұрын

@@humanbeing2722 LOL......either you're not Indian or ypu're a Brahmin. Which one is it? 😂😂😂

@priyadarshanam1524 3 жыл бұрын

@@humanbeing2722 that has not been the case in modern history of India. Yes, when caste system was 'invented' it was supposed to be related to qualities but over time it became rigid.

@jakeroberts9143 7 жыл бұрын

became a brahmin? You don't become a brahmin. It is not a religion.

@PratipGhoshDastidardhurr 7 жыл бұрын

So, in any case no one became a Brahmin in the 19th century. You were either born a Brahmin or not a Brahmin.

@sk-zu7nh 7 жыл бұрын

nope,its by acquiring the knowledge of shastras and vedas that one bcome a brahmin .acc to manusamriti each one is shudra by birth but acc to the profession they choose ,they move to diff. categories.(although people manipulated it drastically )

@seansteel3326 6 жыл бұрын

Hinduism is not manusmriti. That is just one doctrine, which you may or may not abide by. Hinduism has always had many different schools of philosophies and teachings and people get to decide what suits them the best, be it samkhya, nyaya school or dwaita or adwaita school, tantra or yoga etc. Stop spouting your half knowledge crap about Manusmriti dictating how a Hindu should live. I do not follow that.

@MikeMessiah 6 жыл бұрын

you can become a brahmin. Remember, caste system was based on profession. Human beings simple didnt fall from the sky with a particular caste stamped on their forehead.

@suryavarchasvi 6 жыл бұрын

Samurai Jack can you cite some source for your claim ? There have been mentions that It wasn't through progeny in Jain and Buddhist texts.

@jassur5107 6 жыл бұрын

Geniuses always die quick ?

@ImperialX19 4 жыл бұрын

Not always but Ramanujan died at an early age

@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 жыл бұрын

Einstein was 76 when he passed.

@hathor1985 6 жыл бұрын

A reasonable good movie, I'm positive that Srinivasa Ramanujan has been reincarnated in another body/form to continue his work. Srinivasa Ramanujan was what you call a natural gifted person, juggeling with maths formulas of exceptional complexity.

@janellephoenix4378 5 жыл бұрын

Ramanujan's wife is a hot Tamili! 😊 On a more serious note; I hadn't heard of this mathematical genius before and the movie looks like a good one to view. Love your channel thanks for sharing your content with us.

@mageshpandian6449 3 жыл бұрын

Hot Tamili? What even is that word?

@janellephoenix4378 3 жыл бұрын

@@mageshpandian6449 It’s a play on words. There’s an expression in America to refer to someone or who is good looking. An example: She’s a hot tamale. (That’s the expression.) I changed the word “tamale” to play on “Tamil” and combined the words into “Tamili”so that it would reflect the fact that she was a good looking woman of Tamil heritage. Ramanujan was a brilliant man with a beautiful wife.

@akshayrathore7208 2 жыл бұрын

@@janellephoenix4378 Yeah almost every Indian knows it but they don't expect 'hot' word used for respectable people. hot is not simply used for beauty it is most likely used for sexual attractiveness. There's a saying choose your wisely though they may look synonym they are not similar.

@janellephoenix4378 2 жыл бұрын

@@akshayrathore7208 Thank you for clarifying that. I didn’t know that “hot” was considered a somewhat disrespectful term in India. That was not my intention and I am sorry that it was seen as offensive.

@akshayrathore7208 2 жыл бұрын

@@janellephoenix4378 Considered offensive when used for respected peoples. Otherwise it is a common compliment. Still a well cultured will not enjoy it as a good compliment.

@younglebron101 7 жыл бұрын

Your wrong he married his wife at age 14 not 10

@fragout9870 3 жыл бұрын

Nice review

@iamthebatmanxiii3574 5 жыл бұрын

1920-1887 does not equal 35

@daathisone5459 5 жыл бұрын

the narrator sucks at math 😂😂😂

@bennyuchiha8501 2 жыл бұрын

Just noticed that ur video on abraham lincoln might be algorithmically suppressed, it doesn't show up in any recommendations and its quite difficult to come by.

@rohan4035 7 жыл бұрын

At 4:54 Ramanujan died at the age of 32, not 35.

@JetEngine85 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do "face off"? I would like to know how historically accurate that movie was..

@Ladscastlads 7 жыл бұрын

Tbh the only person that can give newton a run for his money is einstein or turing and my reasoning is, newton's laws can be disproven multiple if not several times, but turing and einstein did alot.

@go5582 Жыл бұрын

Hi great observation.

@count_bodies_like_sheep9296 2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering, have you ever thought of reviewing A Beautiful Mind?

@bennyuchiha8501 2 жыл бұрын

Also how can a 5 year old video have only 136 comments, cmon guys

@abhishekbhaskar6268 5 жыл бұрын

well that was common practice at that time

@markscott6347 5 жыл бұрын

actually didn't Ramanujan die of Amoebiasis

@dvd11811 5 жыл бұрын

Yes we know Hollyweird takes liberties when "telling" a story. I still like the movie and felt like they did a good job of capturing the essence of the man and the times. One of my favorite dialogues is this..."Hardy: You see, I'm what you call an atheist. Ramanujan: No, sir. You believe in God. You just don't think He likes you." You did a good job here with a few factual errors. Beginning with the name of the book and movie which is "The Man Who 'Knew' Infinity" not "The Man Who 'Saw' Infinity".The other errors are addressed in earlier comments. Overall I would say a B-...

@ThomasJDavis 5 жыл бұрын

That line is one of the most common theistic narratives about atheists in the world. It is only accurate for a portion of non-believers. For the countless secular people who don't even care about a god, it is a complete lie. Believers _love_ this idea that non-believers "hate god" because so many of them can't afford to believe that non-believers actually exist. They can't afford to believe that non-belief in a god is not a foundational belief about existence. The belief that a god exists _has_ to be universal in order for a lot of believers to feel validated in their own beliefs about their god and its nature. It's really sad. That line from the movie was one of the most, or probably the most, explicit jab at non-believers in the entire movie. edit: In fact, I'd say that at least half of the message of the movie, if not the primary massage of the movie, was basically promoting theism and making believers feel validated in their beliefs. If you paid attention to the philosophical arguments made throughout the dialogue, you'd realize that the whole movie is one big argument from ignorance.

@tribudeuno 3 жыл бұрын

I wish you would do a great movie that Jeremy Irons was also in, The Mission (1986). Robert De Niro is also in it...

@oxtailsoup6493 2 жыл бұрын

The Mission was good but so depressing at the end, ugh!

@thiruvetti 6 жыл бұрын

And the Indian government let Ramanujan's family stay poor. This is how we respond to people who bring laurels to their country!

@Myrslokstok 4 жыл бұрын

thiruvetti To humanity!

@manabofficials1039 6 жыл бұрын

He died at the age of 32

@Myrslokstok 4 жыл бұрын

RED eye They kind of all do, 33 is the year of adolthood.

@SandeepKumar-yh8ji 4 жыл бұрын

He was God gifted man for India .

@Abe_Chormin 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to watch this movie he references, "The man who 'saw' infinity"

@95keat 6 жыл бұрын

4:26 can someone explain this in greater depth?

@novomartin5429 5 жыл бұрын

Because he was self taught, he didn't know that many of the ideas that he had about mathematics were not his own, but were already discovered by earlier mathematicians. It was his work in Cambridge that was original and what he later became famous for.

@tomservo5007 4 жыл бұрын

soo, what do you get a10 year-old bride to be? A barbie ?

@abhijeetkumar2204 6 жыл бұрын

He is greatest mathematician of all time.. On 1 to 100 scale he considered 100.He was a genius.He used to tell answer by just seeing questions.He used to follow vedic mathematics.Unfortunately he died at the age of 32 😭.We Indians proud of him.

@Myrslokstok 4 жыл бұрын

He was probably easy a top 5 but from such backgroud totaly remarkeble, even moore so considering being 20th century.

@dv9239 4 жыл бұрын

If only they met bhaskaracharya

@feministaekhon 5 жыл бұрын

Depicts as if he is the first Indian mathematician! Hilarious! Indians have done mathematics for more than 2000 years! Well that’s colonial knowledge production 😃

@firstnamelastname6016 4 жыл бұрын

Rinita Mazumdar not the first, but one of the best. Even in the world, not just India. Most know this.

@Ruby_V_ 7 жыл бұрын

I just watched and found the movie itself to be a bit stale, but it was ok. I personally wouldn't recommend it. Interesting to know about Hardy's age. All I could think about while watching it was how remarkably similar the character portrayed is to Matthew Taylor, current chief executive of the Royal Society of the Arts.

@nitigyagolait5443 Жыл бұрын

One doesnt a "become a brahmin". He most likley was born a brahmin i.e his parents and grandparents and older generations were mostly brahmins.

@ajaysinghmar8823 6 жыл бұрын

Generous ramanujan

@michealroth120800 7 жыл бұрын

I now hate the movie reviewers...they call this "Drama." Okay, time to learn something new. Mathematics isn't drama!!

@aashrithmadagiri6711 6 жыл бұрын

oof It’s about ramanujan, not his work. If it was about his work no one would understand the movie 😂😂😂😂

@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 жыл бұрын

"Mathematics isn't drama!!" Right you are! This should NOT be called a drama! Drama involves personal characters, human relationships, and emotions. Hope, fear, love, longing, triumph, desperation, etc. None of those was in this ... Oh, wait. Never mind.

@davidcopson5800 4 жыл бұрын

Where abouts is 'Modrus' in India?

@ranjithdarun957 3 жыл бұрын

Now it's called as Chennai

@vedanshgure9022 2 жыл бұрын

*madras(now called Chennai - capital of the indian state tamil nadu)

@Jay-yi9ge 7 жыл бұрын

you my friend need to work harder on your videos. you said he DIED at age 35 then at 9:00 you said he was married at 37!

@CynicalHistorian 7 жыл бұрын

I was puzzled for a sec, and then I figured out what you meant. It wasn't a mistake, but I get how that can easily be misunderstood. That note is referring to GH Hardy's age (hence using Hardy's picture there). I'll add a note to the video so that people don't misunderstand.

@imnotlikeu100 5 жыл бұрын

It was Hardy 's age.