Well, he lived in this tiny hut somewhere in India. He had no formal education. He had no access to any scientific work.
9 seconds sound clip from the Good Will Hunting movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:35:52 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- I've got a full schedule. Sean, Sean. I'm very busy.
- This, this boy is incredible. I've never seen anything like him.
- What makes him so incredible, Gerry?
- It's a man. He lived over 100 years ago.
- He was Indian. Dots not feathers.
- Well, he mailed it to Hardy at Cambridge.
- And Hardy immediately recognized the brilliance of his work and brought him over to England...
- And then they worked together for years creating some of the most exciting math theory ever done.
- This Ramanugan, his genius was unparalleled. Well, this boy's just like that.
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