The most extraordinary mathematician of the twentieth century was born to working-class parents and had, early on, a very modest education. Yet by the age of 11, when he encountered formal maths in school for the first time, it was already clear that Srinivasa Ramanujan was operating on a different plane. My other YouTube channels: The Science Fiction Rock Experience ( the music show I produce): null My science and music channel:: null Science World (with Emrah Polat): null My website: https://www.daviddarling.info/