Perelman an haife shi a 1882 a garin Białystok, Congress Poland. Ya sami Diploma a cikin gandun daji daga Cibiyar Gidajen Gidajen Imperial (Yanzu Jami'ar Gidajen Gidajen Saint-Petersburg) a Saint Petersburg, a 1909. Ernst Mach ya rinjayi shi kuma mai yiwuwa Rasha Machist Alexander Bogdanov a cikin tsarin koyarwarsa don yada kimiyya. Bayan nasarar "Physics for Entertainment", Perelman ya fara samar da wasu littattafai, wanda ya nuna kansa a matsayin mai shahararren masanin kimiyya. Musamman mashahuri sune "Arithmetic for entertainment", "Mechanics for entertainment", "Geometry for Entertainment", "Astronomy for entertainment", "Lively Mathematics", "Physics", da "Tricks and Amusements". Tambaya: Yaushe ne Perelman ya sami difloma?
Shekara ta 1909