First Woman Ever Wins Top Math Prize 'Fields Medal'

Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:30 in Mathematics & Economics

For the first time in history the Fields Medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematics, will be awarded to a woman, Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician and a professor at Stanford University.

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