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	Fields Institute - The Fields Medal
		The history of the Fields Medal begins in the Committee of the International Congress set up by the University of Toronto in November of 1923, with the purpose of organizing the 1924 Congress to be held in Toronto.
		Fields then proceeded with the planning of the award of the first medals, but fell ill in May of 1932 and died 3 months later.
		An analysis by Michael Monastyrsky of the effect of Fields Medalists on 20th century mathematics and physics, delivered in a lecture at the Fields symposium “The legacy of John Charles Fields” held in Toronto in June, 2000, is available here.
	www.fields.utoronto.ca /aboutus/jcfields/fields_medal.html (839 words)

	John Charles Fields - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fields is best known for his development of the Fields Medal, which is considered by some to be the Nobel Prize in Mathematics, although there are differences between the awards.
		Fields began planning the award in the late 1920s but, due to deteriorating health, never saw the implementation of the medal in his lifetime.
		Fields was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1907 and fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1913.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Charles_Fields (530 words)

	Fields Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over forty years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union, a meeting that takes place once every four years.
		The Fields Medal is often described as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics", referring to its prestige within the mathematics field.
		In 1998, at the ICM, Andrew Wiles was presented by the chair of the Fields Medal Committee, Yuri Manin, with the first-ever IMU silver plaque in recognition of his proof of Fermat's last theorem.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fields_Medal (925 words)

	Turpion Journal Archive 1958-1996
		The Fields Medal is the highest scientific award for mathematicians (mathematics' closest analogue to the Nobel Prize).
		The Fields Medal is awarded every four years on the occasion of the International Congress of Mathematicians to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.
		The first Fields Medal was awarded in 1936 at the World Congress in Oslo.
	www.turpion.org /archive (792 words)

	Fields Medal
		The International Congress of Mathematicians at Zurich in 1932 adopted his proposal, and the Fields Medal was first awarded at the next congress, held at Oslo in 1936.
		Fields Medals were not awarded during World War II so the second Fields Medals were not awarded until 1950.
		Fields wished that the awards should recognize both existing mathematical work and also the promise of future achievement.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Societies/FieldsMedal.html (213 words)

	CNRS - Wendelin Werner, 2006 Fields Medal Winner
		The Fields Medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for the field of mathematics(1), has been awarded to Wendelin Werner, professor and researcher at the Laboratoire de mathématiques [Mathematics Laboratory] of the Orsay Faculty of Science (Université Paris-Sud 11/CNRS), during the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Madrid from August 22 to 30, 2006.
		The medal was awarded in recognition of his work in the field of probability.
		Werner is France's ninth winner of the Fields Medal and the third to represent the Laboratoire de mathématiques of the Orsay Faculty of Science, one of the flagship laboratories in worldwide mathematics research.
	www2.cnrs.fr /en/656.htm (410 words)

	PlanetMath: Fields medal
		Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields founded the award in his testament, and the first recipients received the award in 1936.
		The Fields Medal is to mathematics what the Nobel prize in physics is to physics.
		This is version 2 of Fields medal, born on 2006-08-24, modified 2006-09-01.
	planetmath.org /encyclopedia/FieldsMedal.html (127 words)

	Fields Medal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fields did original research in the theory of algebraic functions that was influenced by his reknowned mentors, Fuchs, Schwarz, Frobenius and Plank.
		Fields, in large part, was responsible for putting together the 1924 meeting of the International Congress of Mathematics in Toronto.
		Fields was so troubled by this politicizing of mathematics that he proposed the institution of an award for mathematical achievement and promise that would emphasize the international character of the mathematical endeavor.
	scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu /Math/FieldsMedal.html (242 words)

	John Charles Fields Summary
		Fields began publishing papers on a new topic, algebraic functions, which would prove to be the most fruitful research field of his career.
		Fields is best known for his development of the Fields Medal, which is considered by some to be the Nobel Prize in Mathematics, although there are differences between the awards.
		Fields was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1907 and fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1913.
	www.bookrags.com /John_Charles_Fields (661 words)

	TU Berlin - Medieninformation Nr. 182e - 18. August 1998
		John C. Fields (1863 - 1932), a Canadian mathematician, was the organiser of the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1924 in Toronto.
		Fields was able to attract so many sponsors that money was left over at the end of the congress, and this was used to fund the medals.
		Curtis T. McMullen is being awarded a medal primarily in recognition of his work in the fields of geometry and "complex dynamics", a branch of the theory of dynamic systems, better known perhaps as chaos theory.
	www.tu-berlin.de /presse/pi/1998/pi182e.htm (2537 words)

	Fields Medal information - Search.com
		The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to up to four mathematicians not over forty years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (therefore once every four years).
		The Fields Medal is often described as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics".
		In 1998, at the ICM, Andrew Wiles was presented by the chair of the Fields Medal Committee, Yuri Manin, with the first-ever IMU silver plaque in recognition of his proof of Fermat's last theorem.
	www.search.com /reference/Fields_medal (659 words)

	Fields Medal (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	Fields Medal Prize
		Professor J. Fields, a Canadian mathematician who was secretary of the 1924 Congress, later donated funds establishing the medals which were named in his honor.
		Consistent with Fields's wish that the awards recognize both existing work and the promise of future achievement, it was agreed to restrict the medals to mathematicians not over forty at the year of the Congress.
		It means: "The mathematicians having congregated from the whole world awarded (this medal) because of outstanding writings." The verb form "tribuere" (the first "e" is a long vowel) is a short form of "tribuerunt".
	www.icm2002.org.cn /general/prize/fmedal.htm (284 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Chaos Work Earns McMullen Fields Medal
		Fields medal winners also receive a cash prize of $15,000 Canadian dollars, which is the equivalent of about $9,500 U.S. dollars, because the medal was established in 1936 by Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields.
		Although many people consider the Fields medal the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize, the purpose of the two awards is very different.
		While the Nobel Prize is generally awarded to individuals toward the end of their careers, the Fields medal is only awarded to mathematicians under the age of 40.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=91280 (487 words)

	This Mathematical Month
		He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1958 for his creation of cobordism theory, which provides a way of classifying manifolds.
		Witten received the medal "for his work connecting theoretical physics to modern mathematics." The Fields Medal is the world's highest honor in mathematics, and at the time there was some controversy over its being awarded to Witten, because he is not a mathematician in the traditional sense.
		One of the field's outstanding mathematical expositors, Halmos is known for writings and lectures that have a crystal clarity as well as a buoyant sense of enjoyment in doing mathematics.
	www.ams.org /ams/thismathmonth.html (9123 words)

	Terence Tao, Fields Medal Winner [UCLA Gateway]
		Terence Tao is UCLA’s first mathematician to receive the prestigious Fields Medal, often described as the “Nobel Prize in Mathematics.”
		The Fields Medal is awarded by the International Mathematical Union every fourth year.
		Tao's capture of the Fields Medal surprised few at UCLA.
	www.ucla.edu /about/faculty/tao.html (372 words)

	News: Tao Wins Fields Medal -- UCLA College (Site not responding. Last check: )
		UCLA mathematician Terence Tao was awarded the prestigious Fields Medal -- often described as the “Nobel Prize in mathematics” -- on August.
		Terence Tao has become the first mathematics professor in UCLA history to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal, often described as the “Nobel Prize in mathematics,” during the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid on Aug. 22.
		Along with Tao, the Fields Medal also was presented to Andrei Okounkov, professor of mathematics at Princeton University; Grigori Perelman, formerly a Miller Fellow at University of California, Berkeley; and Wendelin Werner, professor of mathematics at the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay.
	www.college.ucla.edu /news/06/taowinsfieldsmedal.html (2030 words)

	sci.math FAQ: Fields Medal
		Fields Medal Historical Introduction This is the original letter by Fields creating the endowment for the medals that bear his name.
		The medals would be struck at the Mint in Ottawa and the duty of the custodian would be simply to hand over the medals at the proper time to the accredited International Committee.
		Perhaps provision could be made as soon as possible after the appointment of the Executive of the Zurich Congress for the consideration by it of the subject of the medals, and the appointment without undue delay of a Committee and the awards of the medals to be made in connection with the Congress of 1936.
	www.cs.uu.nl /wais/html/na-dir/sci-math-faq/fieldsmedal.html (1010 words)

	The Fields Medals 2006
		On Tuesday the 22nd of August the most prestigous prize in mathematics — the Fields Medal — was awarded to four mathematicians at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid.
		The Fields Medal is akin to the Nobel Prize in the honour it bestows on its recipients, and is awarded to up to four mathematicians every four years, whenever the Congress meets.
		The Fields Medal is named after the Canadian mathematician John Fields and was first awarded in 1936.
	plus.maths.org /latestnews/may-aug06/fieldsmedal/index.html (1544 words)

	Springer Science+Business Media : Press Releases
		The Fields Medal, referred to as the “Nobel Prize in Mathematics,” is the most important international prize in the world of mathematics.
		The Fields Medals are awarded by the International Mathematical Union every four years at the ICM (International Congress of Mathematicians).
		The medals, gold-minted, are named after the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields (1863-1932) and were first awarded at the International Congress held in Oslo in 1936.
	www.springer-sbm.com /index.php?id=291&backPID=132&L=0&tx_tnc_news=2687 (826 words)

	Highest Honor in Mathematics Is Refused - New York Times
		The Fields Medal, often described as mathematics’ equivalent to the Nobel Prize, is given every four years, and several can be awarded at once.
		Besides Dr. Perelman, three professors of mathematics were awarded Fields Medals this year: Andrei Okounkov of Princeton; Terence Tao of University of California, Los Angeles; and Wendelin Werner of the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay.
		Since 1936, when the medal was first awarded, judges have interpreted the terms of Dr. Fields’s trust fund to mean that the award should usually be limited to mathematicians 40 years old or younger.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/08/22/science/22cnd-math.html?ex=1313899200&en=897c053ba37e26bc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (863 words)

	USATODAY.com - Russian recluse snubs academic world, rejecting math's equivalent of Nobel prize (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Three other scholars who won Fields Medals, which carry a $13,400 stipend each and are often described as math's equivalent of the Nobel prize, accepted their prizes from Spain's King Juan Carlos amid rapturous applause at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid.
		The Fields medal, which is awarded every four years, was founded in 1936 and named after Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields.
		International Mathematicians Congress via AP Grigori Perelman was awarded a prestigious Fields Medal in Madrid, but the reclusive Russian genius refused to accept it.
	usatoday.com /tech/science/2006-08-22-fields-medal-genius_x.htm?csp=34 (1185 words)

	Fields Medal - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
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