I sat in math class wishing it would end. Now I wish this woman had been my math teacher.https://www.quantamagazine.org/maryam-mirzakhani-is-first-woman-fields-medalist-20140812/ …
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Ms Swicord, it would be a joy and an honor to share with you some of the exquisite, tantalizing wonders you would have learned from her.
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The most essential lesson is that mathematics is an art, whose successful practice relies crucially on wild ideas. http://bit.ly/1iaLh2Q
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But mastery of the art is driven by fascination with deeply mysterious phenomena rooted in its storied past. Curiosity matters most of all.
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