Quanta Magazine
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Illuminating math and science. Supported by @SimonsFdn. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting.
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When he was in his 20s, Alexander Grothendieck’s ideas changed the course of mathematics. Then in 1970, he quit. Eventually, he moved to a small village in the Pyrenees, where he lived as a hermit until his death in 2014.
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