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Solving an Old Math Problem Nets Award, Trouble

NPR: The journal Science's "breakthrough of the year" for 2006 is the solution of a century-old math problem. The story behind the solution is quite a soap opera. It includes a Harvard math wizard, a reclusive Russian genius, a $1 million prize, an award-winning journalist and The New Yorker magazine.

Posted by Jenny Corrado on December 27, 2006 9:50 AM |

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