A photo of the Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017). As mentioned in the Did You Know? section, in 2014 she became the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics. She was a mathematics professor at Stanford University, USA. Regretfully, she passed away on July 14 after a long battle with breast cancer. Photo: https://news.stanford.edu/2017/07/15/maryam-mirzakhani-stanford-mathematician-and-fields-medal-winner-dies/

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