'The man who knew Infinity' (Biopic of RAMANUJAN ) Today is the 129 th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, and though the Dev Patel-Jeremy Irons-starrer, The Man Who Knew Infinity , brought the Indian mathematician and his brilliance to a whole new audience, there's still a lot about the man that many people don't know. So here are a few things you need to know about Ramanujam that will help you appreciate what a truly great man he was. 1) Ramanujan was an autodidact. An autodidact is person who is self-taught in the field of his choice and receives no guidance from someone with knowledge and experience of the field. A bit like teaching yourself to play guitar...only far more difficult. 2) Ramanujan actually has a journal named after him: the Ramanujan Journal . What's more it only features peer-reviewed papers about research into mathematical fields cr...