Tag Archives: Simon Donaldson

$${Mathematicians} \subset {Artists}$$

Posted on February 1, 2015 by bfinegold

Certain equations or concepts strike us as beautiful, stunning even. As she walked amongst the aquatints on the wall of Yale Art Gallery’s latest exhibit entitled “Concinnitas”, Jen Christiansen posed the title question of her blog post: “Math is Beautiful, … Continue reading →

Posted in Math Education, Mathematics and the Arts, Uncategorized | Tagged Ampere's Law, Ben Volta, Concinnitas, Daniel Rockmore, David Mumford, Enrico Bombieri, Freeman Dyson, Manjul Bhargava, Math and Art, Math is Beautiful, Michael Atiyah, Murray Gell-Man, Peter Lax, Richard Karp, Simon Donaldson, STEAM, Stephen Smale, Steven Weinberg | 1 Comment

The Inaugural Breakthrough Prizes in Mathematics

Posted on July 9, 2014 by evelynjlamb

Last month, the inaugural Breakthrough Prizes in mathematics, founded and partially funded by internet billionaires Yuri Milner and Mark Zuckerberg, were awarded to five people: Simon Donaldson, Maxim Kontsevich, Jacob Lurie, Terence Tao, and Richard Taylor. The prize is $3 … Continue reading →

Posted in people in math | Tagged breakthrough prize in mathematics, Jacob Lurie, Mark Zuckerberg, math, mathematics, Maxim Kontsevich, Persiflage, Peter Woit, prizes, Richard Taylor, Simon Donaldson, Terence Tao, Yuri Milner | 7 Comments

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$${Mathematicians} \subset {Artists}$$

The Inaugural Breakthrough Prizes in Mathematics

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