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# 43  
Old 05-24-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by vino
Wikipedia tells me there are 425 recipients till date. Smilie
Surely, another hint wouldnt hurt. Smilie
I didn't want to make it too easy Smilie.

Here's another one: Most programmers here should have one of his books on their bookshelf.

Both guesses so far are incorrect.
# 44  
Old 05-24-2007
Linus Pauling
# 45  
Old 05-24-2007
George Danzig?

He is famous for many things, but my favorite is: he arrived late for a math class. The prof had written some famous unsolved problems on the board. George wrote them down thinking they homework....and solved some of them!
# 46  
Old 05-24-2007
Perderabo, you're pretty close - you have the right field.

In addition to being a mathematician, the person in question is an artist Smilie
# 47  
Old 05-25-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by vino
When did he become the recipient of NMS ?

In the year 2004 for 'Physical Sciences'

Robert N. Clayton
# 48  
Old 05-25-2007
One more:

He's on the Stanford faculty.
# 49  
Old 05-25-2007
I'm thinking: Donald Knuth. But if so, you threw us some nasty curves. (He is not really a mathematician and it's a very poor programmer indeed who has only one of his volumes.)
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