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Quotes from An innovator who brings order to an infinitude of equations" Quanta Magazine — Caucher Birkar

born 1978 Iran

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I read all these books and I had the feeling that just reading things is not enough. I also wanted to create my own stuff, to create something new.

An innovator who brings order to an infinitude of equations" Quanta Magazine (2018)

To go from the point that I didn’t imagine meeting these people to the point where someday I hold a medal myself — I just couldn’t imagine that this would come true.

An innovator who brings order to an infinitude of equations" Quanta Magazine (2018)

In Tehran university, at the math club, where I was studying the pictures of Fields medalists were lining the walls. I looked at them and said to myself, ‘Will I ever meet one of these people?’ At that time in Iran, I couldn’t even know that I’d be able to go to the West.

An innovator who brings order to an infinitude of equations" Quanta Magazine (2018)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Caucher Birkar (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.