Grigory Perelman

"... za tnk i k slim NEWS Wednesday, 21. This undated photo released by the International Congress of Mathematicians shows Grigory Perelman, from Russia, who was awarded with a prestigious Fields Medal at a ceremony ln Madrid on Tuesday. Math genius shuns top prize, applause Thc scholar declined to accept an award ..."

"... for work toward solving one of history's toughest math problems, but he refused to accept the award a stunning renunciation of accolades from the top minds in his field. Grigory Perelman, a native of St Petersburg, was praised for work in the field known as topology, which studies shapes, and for a breakthrough that might help scientists figure out nothing less ..."

"... and are described as math's equivalent of the prize, accepted their prizes from Spam's Juan Cirlos rapturous applause at the International of Mathematicians lll Madrid. ONLINE Read more about Grigory perelman's breakthrough, his and the Poincare conjecture on But Perelman stayed home, said Alexander Abramov, a member ol the Russian Education Academy. Not only that, one of the lew people in contact wilh the scientist said Perelman may forsake math altogether as lns mam subject of research. Serge Perelman's tonner teacher and scientific supervisor, said Perelman apparently has no interest in medals or money. "Grigory is a devoted scientist in the pure sense of the word. He believes that llie most important tiling is that the ..."

"... the Fields Medal, the math world's highest honor, Tuesday for work toward resolving a braintwister about threedimensional space. But he shunned the ceremony and stayed out of the spotlight, Grigory Perelman, a old native of St. Petersburg, Russia, was for solving the Poincare conjecture, a conundrum concerning the nature of threedimensional space that experts say might help determine the shape of ..."