jalil124 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

people like him just see the numbers,..and get it.

zsyed12345678 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Interesting. What make you say that?

KaoriBlue (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah, but people know what Einstein and Feynman did... or at least what some of their contributions were. Not even close in this case, and the media ought to do better. The paper he did with Ben Green on arithmetic progressions of prime numbers should make it at least a little easier to incorporate a sound-bite or two on some of his work.

nanjido18 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is not a documetary program about him or his work. It's just one example of his exposure on media. He got world famous and the media will just consume and reproduce his image again and again like they already did with other scientists like Einstein, Feynman and so on.. That's natural cuz it is human being's basic instinct.

writetothepoint1960 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Beauty and truth is shown in his math as image and application. Where is Tao going to lead us?

ihateuutube (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

well, the fields medal isn't awarded for any particular result or achievement. it honors his entire body of work.

mugwamp4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

seven fucking minutes and we still didnt hear why he won the Fields Prize !!(i think i read it had something to do with the Goldbach conj),,total fluff. as we've come to expect from the lazy ,dumb, Aussie news media "'your the first ..blah blah.. whats it like??"lets keep it simple for the masses ..as important as Newton and Einstein...give us a break

Oxydox (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I hate how news reporters must always talk about 'applications' of theorems. It goes to show the public does not have an appreciation for the true aesthetic beauty of mathematics.

ShirtRipperT (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thanks. yeah i know..people are haters! they are upset they are not as smart as Tao so they will say anything to bring him down to bring themselves up. I stand by my proposition: Terrance Tao is a a cutie! :D

bshitter (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I will thumb you back up. Some people are just jealous. Don't mind them.