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by shombaboor 614 days ago
the fields medal fills that gap
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tombert 614 days ago
Yeah, and the Turing Award for CS, and there's probably a bunch more that I'm forgetting.

Still kind of weird that the prestigious award that everyone has heard of doesn't have a mathematics category.

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shombaboor 614 days ago
the nobel prize has the best branding and name brand recognition pop culture wise. I'm sure winning all these others means nearly as much to those communities.
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