Grigory Perelman declining the award - Field's medal ceremony - Madrid

The world's smartest man, who solved one of the biggest mysteries of mathematics and who decliend the Field's medal and the 1 million dollar paycheck that goes with it.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Math
• Mathematics
• genius
• intelligence
• poincaré
• 3D
• space shape
• physics
• einstein
• Grigori Perelma
• russia
• prodigy
• fields medal
• 1million dollars
• IQ
• saint petersbourg

[atd87atd87]

sadly not many will understand this great man

[rmhism]

@19fas88 You totally miss my point. For one thing, math IS art. It's debatable whether or not a 16 year old boy singing about the love of his life to a bunch of pre-teen girls is actually considered "art."

[TruthSerumification]

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

[LanRous]

@MultiYolgezer

Perelman WAS a real genius??What do you mean by saying WAS.....He is alive..

Something tells me that you dont know who Perelman is...

[sc0rp404]

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[H1TMANactual]

Tao is a better mathematician than Perelman. Ironic they were both awarded the same year.

[xeniosm]

genius. a person that defies money for the seek of knowledge

[CommentAccountA]

@durstwurst

well said

[1isaacmusic]

Haha ! Yes ! Money has no value, friends, that's just one of the big secrets they're trying to keep covered up.

The real values in life we derive from simplicity.

[durstwurst]

The awkward moment, when you realize, that a smarter person than yourself disagrees with a fundamental part of your social economic realityl