Applied mathematician L. Mahadevan was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2009. The Fellowship is a $500,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more. Learn more at www.macfound.org/fellows.
This excerpt giving a glimpse into Mahadevan's thinking reminds a bit of Kepler studying the pomegranate to decipher the math inherent in the packing problem...
2bsirius 2 years ago
I respect this man . . . world-class scholar and awesome teacher!
mukuna08 2 years ago