Mirzakhani Becomes First Woman to Win Top Math Prize

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Maryam Mirzakhani

Manjul Bhargava, Maryam Mirzakhani and Martin Hairer are awarded with the 2014 Fields medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul, South Korea on August 13, 2014. Mirzakhani is the first female winner since the prizes known as the “Nobel Prize of mathematics” were established in 1936. (Photo by Lee Young Ho/Pool/Sipa USA)

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