Maryam Mirzakhani first woman to win Nobel Prize of maths
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 13-08-2014
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An Iranian born mathematician has become the first woman to win a prestigious Fields Medal, widely viewed as the Nobel Prize of mathematics. Maryam Mirzakhani, a Harvard educated mathematician and professor at Stanford University in California, was one of four winners announced by the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) at its conference in Seoul on Wednesday.