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Date: Oct 30 05:43 2012

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William Paul Thurston (October 30, 1946 - August 21, 2012) was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology. In 1982, he was awarded the Fields Medal for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds. From 2003 until his death he was a professor of mathematics and computer science at Cornell University. Read more __________________

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Date: Aug 25 04:30 2012

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World-renowned mathematician William Thurston dies at 65 William Paul Thurston, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Mathematics at Cornell and a world-renowned mathematician, died Aug. 21 in Rochester, N.Y. The cause was melanoma, which had been diagnosed a year ago. He was 65. Read more __________________

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Date: Oct 29 23:15 2011

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William Paul Thurston (born October 30, 1946) is an American mathematician. He is a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology. In 1982, he was awarded the Fields Medal for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds. Read more __________________

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