References
& Sources - August 22, 1998 
Math prizes: Moonshine to quantum logic
Four mathematicians won the Fields Medal—the most prestigious prize in mathematics—for research ranging from string theory to chaos.
References:
Information about the Fields Medal and the Nevanlinna Prize can be found at http://www.emis.ams.org/mirror/ICM98/prices/.
Further Readings:
Marino, G. 1994. Four awarded Fields Medals for mathematics. Science News 146(Aug. 13):103.
Peterson, I. 1998. Loops of gravity. Science News 153(June 13):376.
______. 1995. Quantum bits. Science News 147(Jan. 14):30.
______. 1994. Opening a quantum door on computing. Science News 145(May 14):308.
______. 1993. Strings and mirrors. Science News 143(Feb. 27):136
______. 1992. Knotty views. Science News 141(March 21):186.
______. 1991. Bordering on infinity. Science News 140(Nov. 23):331.
Additional information about the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin can be found at http://www.emis.ams.org/mirror/ICM98/.
A technical introduction to monstrous moonshine and mirror symmetry is available at http://www.mast.queensu.ca/~helena/seminar/seminar1.html.
Sources:
Richard E. Borcherds
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
University of Cambridge
16 Mill Lane
Cambridge CB2 1SB
England
Web site: http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/Staff/R.E.Borcherds.htmlWilliam T. Gowers
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
University of Cambridge
16 Mill Lane
Cambridge CB2 1SB
England
Web site: http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/Staff/W.T.Gowers.htmlMaxim Kontsevich
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
Le Bois-Marie
35, route de Chartes
F-91440 Bures-sur-Yvette
France
Web site: http://www.ihes.frCurtis T. McMullen
Department of Mathematics
Harvard University
1 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-2901
Web site: http://math.harvard.edu/~ctm/index.htmlPeter W. Shor
AT&T Labs Research
Room C237
180 Park Avenue
Florham Park, NJ 07932
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