23 August 2006
Perelman
Not to over-romanticize the notion, but this is sad.
His friends are said to have stated that he currently finds mathematics a painful topic to discuss; some even say that he has abandoned mathematics entirely. According to a recent interview, Perelman is currently jobless, living with his mother in St Petersburg, and subsisting on her modest pension.
I very much enjoyed the story of Andrew Wiles proving Fermat's theorem and am about to dive into Perelman's story in the August 28th New Yorker. I respect the passionate scientist, I think, more than the passionate artist.
[ posted by sstrader on
23 August 2006 at 11:22:05 PM in Science & Technology
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