May 30, 2024
Mathematician Who Solved Major Math Mystery Rejects Awards and $1M Prize
After spending years on end studying and researching, many scientists are thrilled to receive an award. But some, like Grigori Perelman, prefer to avoid the fame that comes with significant breakthroughs. Between the 1990s and the first years of the 21st century, Perelman proved conjectures that had fixated mathematicians over the last decades.
