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Ramanujan, Nash, Turing, Mirzakhani
From a short review of a new documentary about the life and work of the Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, September 9, 2022: While there are other movies about real-life mathematicians such as Nash, Ramanujan and Turing, the special abilities of these individuals … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Turing, eccentricity, Fields Medal, John Nash, Maryam Mirzakhani, science films, Srinivasa Ramanujan, women in math
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Two of Alan Turing’s WW-II papers are now in the public domain
The Wire May 21, 2015 A scientific paper written by Alan Turing, the brilliant computer scientist who cracked the Enigma code during the Second World War and bolstered Britain’s war efforts, was recently declassified by the British government and uploaded to the … Continue reading
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