Mathematician Terence Tao won both the Fields

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posted Mar 14 @ 05:29 PM by Jason Kottke · gift link

Mathematician Terence Tao won both the Fields Medal and a MacArthur genius grant last year. To dumb it down for all you Fields Medal non-winners out there, that’s like doing Miss America and Miss Universe at the same time.