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Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a professor at Stanford University.
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Hello! My name is Maryam. When I was a little girl, I lived in a city called Tehran. I dreamed of being a writer when I grew up. I loved reading books and imagining my own stories. I wanted to write about amazing girls who went on big adventures, and I hoped to create wonderful stories just like the ones I read.
At first, I did not think I was very good at math. But then, I discovered something amazing! I realized that math problems were like giant puzzles or exciting stories that were waiting for me to solve them. I would get huge sheets of paper and spread them all over the floor. For hours, I would draw and doodle on the paper. Each drawing I made helped me see the story that was hidden inside the numbers.
My doodles and the math stories I created helped me discover new ideas about shapes and surfaces. Because of my work, I even won a very special prize! I lived to be 40 years old. Today, people remember me as a girl who loved stories so much that she found them everywhere, even in math. My ideas continue to help other people solve new puzzles, and I hope you find stories in surprising places, too.
Maryam Mirzakhani
Hello! My name is Maryam. When I was a little girl, I lived in a city called Tehran. I dreamed of being a writer when I grew up. I loved reading books and imagining my own stories. I wanted to write about amazing girls who went on big adventures, and I hoped to create wonderful stories just like the ones I read.
At first, I did not think I was very good at math. But then, I discovered something amazing! I realized that math problems were like giant puzzles or exciting stories that were waiting for me to solve them. I would get huge sheets of paper and spread them all over the floor. For hours, I would draw and doodle on the paper. Each drawing I made helped me see the story that was hidden inside the numbers.
My doodles and the math stories I created helped me discover new ideas about shapes and surfaces. Because of my work, I even won a very special prize! I lived to be 40 years old. Today, people remember me as a girl who loved stories so much that she found them everywhere, even in math. My ideas continue to help other people solve new puzzles, and I hope you find stories in surprising places, too.
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Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a professor at Stanford University. In 2014, she became the first woman and the first Iranian to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics.
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