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Topic: Mathematics (page 2)

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The search for pi

Xiaojing Ye - The Conversation
Professor Maryam Mirzakhani is the recipient of the 2014 Fields Medal, the top honor in mathematics. She is the first woman in the prize'€™s 80-year history to earn the distinction. The Fields Medal is awarded every four years on the occasion of the International Congress of Mathematicians to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement. (Courtesy: Maryam Mirzakhani)

Sarah Gray

"How Not to Be Wrong"

Laura Miller
Ronald Reagan (AP/Doug Mills/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-557311p1.html'>Oliver Sved</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Reaganomics' fatal flaw: Math

Jordan Ellenberg
Jordan Ellenberg (jordanellenberg.com/Mats Rudels)

Sarah Gray
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Why weird things happen

Laura Miller
Georg Cantor (Wikimedia Commons)

Ayalur Krishnan - Nautilus
Sir Isaac Newton

Arika Okrent - The Week
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