Distinguished UM Math Professor Maxim Kontsevich Wins Breakthrough Prize
Maxim Kontsevich is one of five inaugural winners of the 3 million dollar Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, financed in part by Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. The Breakthrough Prize was created to make science lucrative and cool in a society that more often celebrates athletes, entertainers, politicians and business tycoons.
June 30, 2014