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Iranian the first woman to snare maths prize
Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has become the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, mathematics' equivalent to the Nobel Prize.
The professor at Stanford University in California was among four Fields Medal recipients at the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Seoul, and the first female among the 56 winners since the prize was established in 1936.
"This is a great honour. I will be happy if it encourages young female scientists and mathematicians," Mirzakhani was quoted as saying on Stanford's website.
"I am sure there will be many more women winning this kind of award in coming years," she said.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/08/iranian-first-woman-snare-maths-prize-201481353616612301.html