Maryam Mirzakhani made breakthroughs in fields such as dynamics.Credit: The Simons Foundation
Magnificent mathematics, human storyMathematician Maryam Mirzakhani broke multiple glass ceilings as the first woman and first Iranian to win the discipline’s most coveted award, the Fields Medal. A new film about Mirzakhani strikes a satisfying balance between her magnificent mathematics and her human story, writes reviewer Davide Castelvecchi — including her prodigious beginnings and her untimely death from cancer in 2017, at the age of 40. Nature | 3 min read |
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