O Perelman na fanau i le 1882 i le taulaga o Białystok, Konekeresi Polani. Na ia mauaina le Diploma i Forestry mai le Imperial Forestry Institute (Now Saint-Petersburg State Forestry University) i Saint Petersburg, i le 1909. Na aʻafia o ia e Ernst Mach ma masalo o le Rusia Machist Alexander Bogdanov i lana aʻoaʻoga auala e faʻasalalau ai le saienisi. Ina ua maeʻa le manuia o le "Physics for Entertainment", na amata ai ona gaosia e Perelman isi tusi, lea na ia faʻaalia ai o ia o se tagata lauiloa o le saienisi. Faʻapitoa lauiloa o le "Arithmetic for entertainment", "Mechanics for entertainment", "Geometry for Entertainment", "Astronomy for entertainment", "Lively Mathematics", "Physics Everywhere", ma le "Tricks and Amusements". Fesili: O afea na maua ai e Perelman se tipiloma?
Tausaga 1909