The Guardian | Martin Bridson: Iranian mathematician who was the first woman to win the Fields medal In 2014 the Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, who has died aged 40 of cancer, was awarded the Fields medal, the disciplines most celebrated prize. The 52 previous recipients had all been men. Maryam won it for her outstanding contributions ...

The New Yorker | Siobhan Roberts: The Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, who died on Friday, at the age of forty, was known to her colleagues as a virtuoso in the dynamics and geometry of complex surfacesscience-fiction mathematics, one admirer called itand to her young daughter, Anahita, as something of an artist. At the familys home, near Stanford ...

Tehran, Aug 16, IRNA Head of Iran?s Academy of Science Reza Davari Ardakani in a statement on Saturday congratulated Prof. Maryam Mirzakhani on winning the Fields Medal known as ?the Nobel Prize of mathematics.? In his message, Davari Ardakani said Iran takes pride in its scientists which shine in the world?s sky of science. ?Although your knowledge ...

Tehran, Aug 16, IRNA - Minister of Science, Research and Technology Reza Faraji Dana, in a message on Saturday congratulated Professor Maryam Mirzakhani on winning the Fields Medal, known as the Nobel Prize of mathematics. In his message, Faraji Dana said that receiving the most prestigious honor in mathematics by an Iranian woman is a glorious victory ...

[caption id="attachment_111436" align="alignright" width="286"] Left to right, Artur Avila, Manjul Bhargava, Martin Hairer, and Maryam Mirzakhani are awarded with the 2014 Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul on Aug. 13, 2014. Mirzakhani is the first female winner since the prizes known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics" ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Ayatollah Larijani reinstated as judiciary chief Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a decree on Thursday reinstating Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani for a second term as the Judiciary Chief.   Rouhani hails Professor Mirzakhani for winning ...

[caption id="attachment_105776" align="alignright" width="254"] Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi[/caption] Tehran, Aug. 14, IRNA Vice-President and head of Iran Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Ali-Akbar Salehi, in a message on Thursday, congratulated Pro. Maryam Mirzakhani on winning the Fields Medal known as ...

[caption id="attachment_111313" align="alignright" width="250"] Iranian Professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the highest accolade in the field of mathematics[/caption] Irans president has heaped praised upon Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian professor at Stanford University who has become the first woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal,...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Iranian Stanford professor first woman to win top math prize Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani on Wednesday became the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, mathematics equivalent to the Nobel Prize.   Supreme Leader receives Iranian ambassadors, diplomats Supreme ...