At the age of 10, the South-Australian raised Terry Tao became the first person in history to win a medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad. By age 17 he had finished his Master’s thesis and moved to Princeton University in the US to work on his PHd and to co-develop a proof on prime numbers known as the Green-Tao Theorum.
Find out why Terry Tao is one of Australia’s most remarkable intellectual exports – and a giant in the world of modern mathematics. Read the full article here: The Singular Mind of Terry Tao (NY Times)
Article by Gareth Cook, New York Times, 24 July 2015.
Lead image by Hugh Hamilton.
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