Perelman article
Good article about Grigory Perelman being asked to accept a Fields Medal and $1M for solving the Poincare conjecture, and refusing.
Perelman Article (warning: very small scroll slider)
I know nothing about topology or academic mathematics. Also, this New Yorker article definitely has some likely-stupefied-for-laymen math background to it, but I think it does a good job of explaining why someone wouldn't want fame, glory, and a million dollars.
Since I think about 100% of the four of you have deeper backgrounds than me in math and physics, can you tell me more about this?
Perelman Article (warning: very small scroll slider)
I know nothing about topology or academic mathematics. Also, this New Yorker article definitely has some likely-stupefied-for-laymen math background to it, but I think it does a good job of explaining why someone wouldn't want fame, glory, and a million dollars.
Since I think about 100% of the four of you have deeper backgrounds than me in math and physics, can you tell me more about this?
posted by joe at 10:41 PM
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Interesting article. What else did you want to know about?
Wow that was interesting! By the way, I don't know that Ben has more experience than you. I don't know that I would refuse it, but I still think that the Fields Medal is stupid because you have to be less than 40 or something to win it. Besides, the money sucks compared to the Nobel Prize. I would sign a petition to have a math Nobel Prize. Anyone know the real reason there isn't one (please do not say Nobel slept with some guys wife or something)?
The explanation is supposedly that Nobel's wife slept with a mathematician. That is BS?
They DID add economics after-the-fact, so I'm not sure why math couldn't be added to. I think the real reason may be that math is actually too abstract, and it's not really even a "science," since it doesn't employ the scientific method.
Yeah, that story with Nobel's wife and the mathematician is not true. Nobel was never even married (this is according to snopes.com). Also, math may be abstract and doesn't use the scientific method, but what about literature and peace?!?! I would vote math in over those any day.
There's a literature Nobel Prize? Huh. I guess I just have no idea why math isn't included.
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