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White House awards Barry Mazur, Harvard mathematician, National Medal of Science

Gade University Professor, eminent mathematician, recognized by President Obama.

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Barry Mazur | Photograph by Jim Harrison

Gade University Professor Barry Mazur will be awarded the National Medal of Science—one of 12 honorands who will be recognized in a ceremony at the White House early this year. The medal, the nation's highest recognition for scientists and mathematicians, will be conferred by President Barack Obama. 

Mazur is a leading number theorist. For a review of his book Imagining Numbers, read “On Mathematical Imagination,” from this magazine’s archives.

Read the Boston Globe story on the National Science medalists here.

 

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