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Manil Suri

Manil Suri is a distinguished mathematics professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Author of three acclaimed novels, including The Death of Vishnu, he is a former contributing opinion writer at the New York Times, for which he has written several widely read pieces on mathematics. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Manil Suri

Manil Suri is a distinguished mathematics professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Author of three acclaimed novels, including The Death of Vishnu, he is a former contributing opinion writer at the New York Times, for which he has written several widely read pieces on mathematics. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Awards

Winner — Barnes and Noble Discover Prize, 2001

Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2001

Shortlisted — PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 2002

Shortlisted — PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, 2023

Books by Manil Suri

The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math
Manil Suri
Hardback, 2022
Shortlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

An engaging and imaginative tour through the fundamental mathematical concepts—from arithmetic to infinity—that form the...
The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math
Manil Suri
Paperback, 2023