Famous Math Professor Says Zuckerberg's $3 Million Math Prize Is NOT A Good Idea

On Friday, billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner announced a new $3 million prize for mathematics known as the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics. This is the third such prize that the Valley's elite have created. In fact, Zuckerberg and Milner announced the new prize at an exclusive, star-studded gala to announce the winners of the other two prizes: the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. With Breakthrough prizes, each recipient gets his ...