mom2bee Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I'm so proud of Dr. Mirzakhani! This is so exciting! Like, really, terribly exciting! The Fields Medal is the most prestigious award in the mathematics world--it something like a Nobel Prize or an Oscar! Those who get it are the rock-stars of the math world! Anyway, about Dr. Mirzakhan! She's from Iran, but did her PHD in the states. She didn't even get interested in pursuing mathematics until the last year of Highschool (so take heart all you folks with "non mathy" kids) and now she teaches at Standford! http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/august/fields-medal-mirzakhani-081214.html http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/aug/13/interview-maryam-mirzakhani-fields-medal-winner-mathematician 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I am delighted to see this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I was thrilled to see this yesterday! Here's another article for you: http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140812-a-tenacious-explorer-of-abstract-surfaces/ It describes more of her early life in Tehran, passion for reading, her less than stellar start at math in middle school, discovering her love of puzzles and olympiad math, & her tenacity, humility, & how she doodles her thoughts as she works. Love this quote: "Mathematics research feels like writing a novel. “There are different characters, and you are getting to know them better,†she said. “Things evolve, and then you look back at a character, and it’s completely different from your first impression.†6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I was also so excited to see this yesterday. It made me smile. :D Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaura Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 How exciting! Thanks for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Cool! So happy for her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Very cool! Thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Very happy for her. :) Glad for the articles on her early education. I know 70% of Iran's STEM grad students are women, so I wonder what they do differently. Is it single-sex education? Something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Crosspost link to her paper Invariant and Stationary Measures for the SL(2,R) Action on Moduli Space http://arxiv.org/pdf/1302.3320.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Here's another article for you: http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140812-a-tenacious-explorer-of-abstract-surfaces/ Great article, thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Glad for the articles on her early education. I know 70% of Iran's STEM grad students are women, so I wonder what they do differently. Is it single-sex education? Something else?I wondered also if a lot of men study overseas? That could throw the statistics a bit, but this is an interesting article about sex ratios around the world. Check out the chart athttp://contexts.org/articles/spring-2011/what-gender-is-science/ I saw some gal on "To the Contrary" a couple months ago who seemed to have Iran confused with Taliban run Afghanistan, saying women "couldn't go to school" in Iran. Pffft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Cross posting from AL board: She died of breast cancer at age 40. I am sad to see the news. RIP.http://news.stanford.edu/2017/07/15/maryam-mirzakhani-stanford-mathematician-and-fields-medal-winner-dies/ :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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