The table-pounding - real?
When the professors greeted Ramanujan by pounding on the table after he received his fellowship, was that based on a real ceremony? Or was it fabricated for the scene like the pens ceremony in A Beautiful Mind?
shareIt is applause - just in intellectual circles people prefer to knock on the table than clap their hands. it's a sign of respect. People in Europe do it all the time :)
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