Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
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Re: Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
#2Terrible to lose such a notable person at age 40 due to breast cancer, diagnosed when she was in her mid-30s no less.
Re: Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
#3She was absolutely brilliant in so many ways, what a loss.
Re: Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
#4Oh no :/
Such a terrible loss..
Re: Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
#5Can we get a black bar for this?
Re: Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
#6Iranian here, one point I really want to mention is following despite our theocratic regime, really I have to mention, Iran is not Suadi Arabia or anything like that. Girls and Boys do get the almost exactly same education, they have great opportunity to be a successful scholar in any branch of science they want (yes, It is like USA, your parent demographic will decide which university you most like end up into. But this issue is the issue of most part of the world and we cannot blame Iran, USA or any specific country for this, we should blame the system).
She got her bachelor degree from one of our top universities (Sharif University) and went to Harvard from there and there is plenty of science-eager students like her are there waiting for an opportunity to become next Maryam Mirzakhani.
Come to Tehran. I know you hear a lot of bad thing about Tehran and Iran from Right wing political media outlets. But believe me, you are going to see Paris of the middle east and whole new generation of liberal people who believe in personal freedom and freedom of speech.
It really bothered me when I saw her talking about how people of USA think about Iran as desert and all women wearing an abaya. No they are not, we are a new generation and we are different and although our regime tries its best to suppress us, we are the future of Iran.
Re: Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
#7I remember how excited I was when she received the award as a role model for women and immigrants, and a reminder of how great minds can come from places the US considers enemies. My wife (33) spent most of last year being treated for Breast Cancer (now in remission). This news makes me profoundly sad.
Re: Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
#8Iranian here, one point I really want to mention is following despite our theocratic regime, really I have to mention, Iran is not Suadi Arabia or anything like that. Girls and Boys do get the almost exactly same education, they have great opportunity to be a successful scholar in any branch of science they want (yes, It is like USA, your parent demographic will decide which university you most like end up into. But…
More and more Americans understand that anti-Iranian sentiment here is mainly due to propaganda, not any rational considerations. Iran should be a natural ally of the US.
Re: Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
#9It looks like her research is here:
http://math.stanford.edu/~mmirzakh/Research.html
And the paper in question that got the Fields Medal might be one of these:
http://math.stanford.edu/~mmirzakh/Papers/VA.pdf
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1206.5574.pdf
It looks like her work involved counting the number of equivalent paths between two points on surfaces that have been punctured.
Re: Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to win Fields Medal, has died
#10Iranian here, one point I really want to mention is following despite our theocratic regime, really I have to mention, Iran is not Suadi Arabia or anything like that. Girls and Boys do get the almost exactly same education, they have great opportunity to be a successful scholar in any branch of science they want (yes, It is like USA, your parent demographic will decide which university you most like end up into. But…
More and more Americans understand that anti-Iranian sentiment here is mainly due to propaganda, not any rational considerations. Iran should be a natural ally of the US.
The Iranian hardliners do a lot to stoke that flame too. Much like us, they have a polarized society. Their support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and other problematic groups complicates things too. Add to that the fact that it would be tough to repair the rift with Iran, while managing our Saudi relationship.
All that said, I think it's a worthy undertakings to normalize relations with Iran. And selfishly, I look forward to the day when I can freely visit Persia as an American.