Perelman mụrụ na 1882 n'obodo Białystok, Congress Poland. O nwetara Diploma na Forestry site na Imperial Forestry Institute (Ugbu a Saint-Petersburg State Forestry University) na Saint Petersburg, na 1909. Ọ na-emetụta Ernst Mach na eleghị anya Russian Machist Alexander Bogdanov na nkuzi ya na-eme ka sayensị mara. Mgbe ihe ịga nke ọma nke "Physics for Entertainment", Perelman malitere ịmepụta akwụkwọ ndị ọzọ, nke o gosipụtara onwe ya ịbụ onye na-eme ka sayensị mara mma.
Afọ 1909