Maryam Mirzakhani, Only Woman To Win The Fields Medal In Mathematics, Dead At 40

The Stanford University professor who was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, Maryam Mirzakhani, has died. She was 40. Mirzakhani, who battled breast cancer, died on Saturday, the university announced. It did not indicate where she died. In 2014, Mirzakhani was one of four winners of the Fields Medal, which is presented every four years and is considered the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize. She was named for her work on complex geometry and dyna...