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Grigori Perelman and the Poincare Conjecture


Grigori Perelman (44) and the Poincaré Conjecture. World's cleverest man who solved one of world's hardest maths puzzles turns down $1m.

 

Poincare Conjecture Index

The Poincaré Conjecture Index
July 1, 2010: Grigori Perelman, Russia’s math whizz, declines Millennium Prize.

 

UNESCO World Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage List, Interactive Mind Map. As of 2008, 878 sites are listed. Peru is home of 10 sites.
Inca News Index.

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DNA Mochica Japanese

Studies reveal genetic links between Mochicas and Japanese.

 

Archaeology 2008

Peru discoveries included in National Geographic News Top Ten archaeological stories of 2008

 

DARPA Mathematical Challenges 2009

DARPA Mathematical Challenges 2009. DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of DARPA Mathematical Challenges, with the goal of dramatically revolutionizing mathematics.

 

America s Best Colleges 2009

America's Best Colleges 2009, Ranking, Interactive Mind Map.

 

Pre-Incan Tomb Ocupe, Moche

Pre-Incan tomb 1700 years old found in Peru, July 2008.
A Canadian-led team of archaeologists has unearthed the 1,700 year-old tomb of a leader of the pre-Columbian Moche culture in northern Peru, the scientists said.

 

BMW Gina

BMW GINA (Geometry and functions In 'N' Adaptations).
BMW Innovates with GINA Light Visionary Model based on Geometry and functions in 'N' Adaptations..

 

Dan Roam at Google

Dan Roam visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures." This event took place on May 27, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

 

Back of the napkin, Dan Roam

The Back of The Napkin by Dan Roam, Book Brief.
Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures.

 

Brain Rules at Google

Dr. Medina spoke about his new book "Brain Rules" at Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters.

 

Brain Rules

Brain Rules, 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by Dr. John Medina.

 

Brain Function Index

Brain Function Index.

 

Machu Picchu Inca Trail

Who Found Machu Picchu?.
Detailed investigations by a US historian have revealed that Machu Picchu was, in fact, discovered over 40 years earlier by a German businessman.

 

Stonehenge and Geometry

Stonehenge builders had geometry skills to rival Pythagoras
Five years of detailed research, carried out by the Oxford University landscape archaeologist Anthony Johnson, claims that Stonehenge was designed and built using advanced geometry.

 

Nazca Lines and Indiana Jones

Nazca Lines and Indiana Jones
See also: Archaeologists explore Peruvian mystery. University of Bristol

 

Golden Rectangle and the Helix Nebula

The Golden Rectangle and the Helix Nebula, image of the Helix Nebula, compiled from Hubble telescope and Golden Rectangles.

 

Potato Inca's Global Food

Potato Inca's Food
As Other Staples Soar, Potatoes Break New Ground.

 

Bandurria, Pre-Inca Culture

Bandurria is the oldest Peruvian archaeological site, says expert
Bandurria may rival Caral as oldest citadel in Americas.
Satellite View: circular ceremonial center.

 

MAA Tour Peru

MAA's Mathematical Study Tour of Peru, the Land of the Incas.
The Mathematical Association of America is announcing the 6th annual MAA Mathematical Study Tour of Peru.
Explore Peru, its mathematics, cultural heritage and scenic wonders, with leadership by two Peru experts: Douglas Sharon, former director of the Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC-Berkeley and Carrie Brezine, manager of the khipus database at Harvard.

 

NY State

New York State’s return to geometry requires teacher preparation 

 

Protein Geometry

It’s All About Geometry: Protein Contact Surfaces Hold Key to Cures 
Supercomputer Powers Tool to Reveal Hidden Interactions, University of California, San Diego. 

 

"Geometry is king," said Tom Stites, Nike Golf's Director of Product Creation for Clubs. "The principle of geometry provides our research and development team with unlimited possibilities and inspiration, and the new SUMO˛ Fairway Wood is a derivative of that." 

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The Theory of Everything 

Geometry is All: An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything by A. Garrett Lisi November 23, 2007

 

Lie Group E8 TOE 

Lie group E8' math puzzle solved. This achievement is significant both as an advance in basic knowledge and because of the many connections between E8 and other areas, including string theory and geometry.

 

The Oldest Temple in the Americas 

Finally unearthed after 4000 years, the Peruvian fire temple

 

Smart Money is on the Science.  

 

Mummified Inca maiden wows crowds, Salta, Argentina

 

Researchers say Italy's 5,000-year-old Iceman died from head trauma, not arrow

 

Explanation of the Poincare Conjecture - Video

 

Existence of a geometric module in the brain?

With Turnover High, Schools Fight for Teachers

 

Choquequirao, an ancient Inca site: Canary expedition in search of the white stone llamas.

 

Peru overcame Tajikistan 5-4.  World Cup Korea 2007 FIFA U-17

 

Machu Picchu is now among seven wonders world July 7, 2007 (07.07.07)
Video: Machu Picchu and the Incas. See the Geometry of the Incas.

 

 Space Geometry in the News

 

Ranking of the New 7 Wonders finalists as of June 7, 2007
Machu Picchu is one of the Top 10.
The New 7 Wonders of the World will be announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.

 

NC State University paleontologist: 5-foot penguins populated prehistoric Peru
 

 

Copa America 2007 in the news.
 

 

Boca Raton in the news.
 

 

Robert Frost in the news. The Road Not Taken.
 

 

Nazca Lines in the news
 

 

Video: New 7 Wonders Finalists
Machu Picchu is one of the Top 10.
The New 7 Wonders of the World will be announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.

 

The Price Of Raising A Golf Star
 

 

Nanotechnology Golf Shaft
 

 

Fun With Math! Geometry Wars Arrives On Nintendo Wii, DS
 

 

America's Greatest Golf Courses 2007/08
 

 

Golf News
 

 

Peruvian Music: Grupo Nectar Tragedy  

 

Geometry of Viruses
The University of York mathematician probes geometric route to combat viruses

 

Baseball and Math: Yankees Will Dominate Baseball This Year
According to a mathematician who applies math to real-life situations.

 

News: Infants Are Able To Detect The 'Impossible' At An Early Age

 

The Thirteen Towers of Chankillo, Peru.
Stone Towers Are Decoded as Earliest Solar Observatory in the Americas.

 

Machu Picchu picked by Leslie E. Robertson. the éminence grise of American engineering.

Machu Picchu: Top Ten Feats of Man-Made Wonder, Picked by Structural Engineers Machu Picchu picked by Leslie E. Robertson. the éminence grise of American engineering.

 

The Geometry of Musical Chords
Department of Music, Princeton University and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

 

Chachapoya Pre-Inca ruin discovered in Peru. January 17, 2007
 

 

Chachapoyas Mummies.
Moment 600 years ago that terror came to Mummies of the Amazon.

 

Geometry in Action: Branching into geometry
Espaliered fruit trees can take many forms.

 

Journal Science selects top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2006
Science breakthrough of the year: The Poincare Conjecture Proved.

 

Pre-Inca Sican treasures of Peru's Pomac Forest
Pre-Inca burial site found.

 

Fermat's Last Theorem
Central Michigan University, CMU, gets chance at math challenge

 

Tissue Geometry Plays Crucial Role in Breast Cell Invasion

 

Machu Picchu and the election of the New Seven Wonders of the World

 

Math History: Euclid returns to math lessons
Knowing how a mathematical theory developed improves a pupil's understanding of it.

 

Nike Golf's Geometry

 

Engineer leaves career to teach geometry

 

Navier-Stokes Equation, Millennium Prize $1 million
Has famous math problem been solved, and in only a month?

 

Faces on Mars and Earth. ESA probe confirms Face of Mars is a naturally formed hill.
Nestled in the clays of the Andes Mountains, near Colca Canyon, Arequipa, Peru, is the face of a man as viewed from space in Google Earth.

 

Robert Frost Poem Discovered.  Grad student finds Frost poem lost for 88 years while searching through material in Special Collections.

 

Geometry in Action: Artery Geometry
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Intracranial Aneurysms: Effects of Parent Artery Segmentation on Intra-Aneurysmal Hemodynamics

 

Poincare Conjecture: Russian to turn down million dollar prize for maths.

 

Geometry Of Blood Vessels May Influence Heart Disease

 

Duke Engineers Probing Contortions of the Heart's Blood Vessels

 

Machu Picchu and the Bridge Satellite image

 

Vicunas, Inca Gold of the Andes

 

Peru opens Caral ruins to tourists

Caral: the oldest civilization in the New World
 

 

Teamgeist world cup official ball and Geometry
 

 

Tattooed mummy puzzles scientists in Peru.
They say items found alongside female hint that she was a warrior.
 

 

Celestial Find at Ancient Andes.
Stonehenge-era celestial observatory oldest found in region.
 

 

Boca Raton High students and Geometry.

 

The Porsche 911 and Geometric Art with New Variable Turbine Geometry (VTG).
 

 

Japanese Find New Nazca Lines In Peru. Apr 21, 2006.
Yamagata University,
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
 

 

Machu Picchu and Yale University. Peru tells Yale it wants its Machu Picchu treasures back (after 100 years).
 

 

Peru: from the art of the Chavin to the Incas. 3,000 years of Peruvian art on show in Paris.

 

 

 Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.  Interactive map. Walking in the footsteps of the Incas is one of the world's oldest treks. Explore one of the most intriguing destinations on the planet.

 

Baby Got Math: Seven-month-olds Show An Abstract Numerical Sense Before They Can Even Talk.

 

Humans Hard-wired into brain for Geometry.

 

 

Torino Games and Geometric Art.

 

The Quipu: Caral, Ancient Peru city reveals 5,000-year-old 'writing'.
Puruchuco: Knotty Incan Accounting Untangled.

 

 

 
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