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The Fields Medalist Who Vanished
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20:53 - 22:34 (01:40)

The story of a Fields medalist who disappeared after winning the prize, only to be found a year later in Siberia working on another theorem, stating that the award was given for the radio and not the music. Also mentioned is how Junot Diaz took 10 years to write his novel, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

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