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"Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani" is a documentary film directed by George Csicsery that explores the life of the first woman and first Iranian to win the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics.
Maryam Mirzakhani becomes the first woman to win the Fields Medal - the Nobel Prize of mathematics
awarded the 2014 Fields Medal today, she
created history by becoming the first woman mathematician to have achieved this prestigious honor.
Mirzakhani is also the first Iraninan and second Stanford recipient (Paul Cohen in 1966 was first) to win the prize, widely regarded as the “Nobel Prize of mathematics,” since it was established in 1936. She was awarded the Fields Medal for her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.
Officially known as the International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, the Fields Medal was presented by the International Mathematics Union today at the International Congress of Mathematicians, held this year in Seoul, South Korea.