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the fields medal fills that gap


Yeah, and the Turing Award for CS, and there's probably a bunch more that I'm forgetting.

Still kind of weird that the prestigious award that everyone has heard of doesn't have a mathematics category.


the nobel prize has the best branding and name brand recognition pop culture wise. I'm sure winning all these others means nearly as much to those communities.




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