Grigori Perelman — "I don't want to be a mascot for the mathematical community. I'm not a hero. I'm …"
I don't want to be a mascot for the mathematical community. I'm not a hero. I'm just a mathematician.
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Reported by journalist Masha Gessen after his refusal of the Fields Medal.
Date: 2006
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