Post by: AngelOfThyNight on August 01, 2018, 05:08:08 PM
A winner of the Fields Medal, often called the 'Nobel Prize of mathematics,' had his prize stolen shortly after receiving it during a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.
Source: Fields Medal stolen from Kurdish mathematician in Rio (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/oddlyEnoughNews/~3/3ODdV1eUJo4/fields-medal-stolen-from-kurdish-mathematician-in-rio-idUSKBN1KM6D2)