Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani died of breast cancer on July 15 at the age of 40. A professor at Stanford University, Mirzakhani became the first woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal…
Maryam Mirzakhani
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July 20, 2017 Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
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