Monday 10 November 2014

Breakthrough Prizes in science, math earn winners $3 million each

Actress Kate Beckinsale arrives on the red carpet during the Breakthrough Prize Award in Mountain View, California By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Academia doesn't usually bring rich financial rewards. But that changed Sunday for recipients of a record 12 Breakthrough Prizes, the award created two years ago by Russian billionaire venture capitalist Yuri Milner, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other tech industry luminaries. Each prize is worth $3 million, almost three times the cash a Nobel Prize winner receives. This year is the first to honor mathematicians. Five won for work ranging from algebraic geometry to analytic number theory. ...




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