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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFields medal: UK refugee's major maths award stolen
A Cambridge professor who won of one of the most prestigious prizes in mathematics, the Fields Medal, has had his award stolen in Brazil.
Professor Caucher Birkar, a Kurd, came to the UK as a refugee from Iran.
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But just minutes later, he discovered that the 14-carat gold medal had gone missing.
According to Brazil's TV Globo, he left it along with his wallet and phone in a briefcase on a table at the convention centre where the event was taking place.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45040179
Professor Caucher Birkar, a Kurd, came to the UK as a refugee from Iran.
...
But just minutes later, he discovered that the 14-carat gold medal had gone missing.
According to Brazil's TV Globo, he left it along with his wallet and phone in a briefcase on a table at the convention centre where the event was taking place.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45040179
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Fields medal: UK refugee's major maths award stolen (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2018
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aidbo
(2,328 posts)1. Fields medal is like the Nobel prize for mathematics, since there is no Nobel prize for mathematics.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)2. A second cousin of mine won a fields in 1966. nt
aidbo
(2,328 posts)3. Cool! Here's a video where a mathematician shows his Fields medal.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)4. To have one stolen, so sad. nt