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Why is it that no one over the age of fourty can receive the fields metal?
What Is the Age Limit for Receiving the Fields Medal?
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maybe they are too accomplished at that point? i dunno
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That sucks. I was planning on not trying to get it until I was fourty one. I guess I will have to try to get it earlier.
That sucks. I was planning on not trying to get it until I was fourty one. I guess I will have to try to get it earlier.
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Fields Medal
There are still the Wolf Prize (est. 1978) and the recently established Abel Prize (est. 2003).
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_medal
There are still the Wolf Prize (est. 1978) and the recently established Abel Prize (est. 2003).