Friday, May 6, 2011

I would take the money

Math Genius Solves 100 Year Old Problem, Then Refuses Million Dollar Prize - Techland - TIME.com: "His reward? One million dollars and the Fields Medal, or the math world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. But the private Perelman shrugged off the invite to accept the cash, saying that the knowledge he gained from proving the conjecture was more valuable than any monetary gain."

No comments:

Post a Comment

Not moderated but I do delete spam and I would rather that people not act like assholes.