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Helen Quinn: A Wormhole Between Physics and Education

Helen Quinn has blazed a singular path from the early days of the Standard Model to the latest overhaul of science education in the United States.


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A Tenacious Explorer of Abstract Surfaces

August 12, 2014

Maryam Mirzakhani’s monumental work draws deep connections between topology, geometry and dynamical systems.

A Brazilian Wunderkind Who Calms Chaos

August 12, 2014

Artur Avila’s solutions to ubiquitous problems in chaos theory have earned him Brazil’s first Fields Medal.

Manjul Bhargava: The Musical, Magical Number Theorist

August 12, 2014

The search for artistic truth and beauty has led Manjul Bhargava to some of the most profound recent discoveries in number theory.

A ‘Rebel’ Without a Ph.D.

March 26, 2014

A conversation with the mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson on quantum electrodynamics, climate change and his latest pet project.