Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize

Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by psychometry on Friday September 11, 2020 @09:58AM (#24442883)

Also, what does a tenured professor of mathematics do with such a sum other than spend it on himself? It's not like he's going to build out a lab and hire a bunch of research staff.

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by komali2 on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:21AM (#24443132)

He's renting right now so him and his wife are going to buy a house.

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by doovd on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:34AM (#24443254)

Nice, he can get a shed in South Kensington now. Nice and close to Imperial.

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Re:Imperial mathematician scoops $3M Breakthrough Prize by IshKebab on Friday September 11, 2020 @10:43AM (#24443354)

We don't really have tenure like in America.

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