History Of The Fields Medal

MATH EVENT

Fields medal – 1936

In 1936, the first Fields medal was presented to Lars Ahlfors and Jesse Douglas. The medal was officially known as the International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics. This medal is awarded to mathematicians under the age of forty and there can be two to four recipients of the medal. This medal and the Abel prize are called “the mathematician’s Nobel Prizes.” Previously, mathematicians did not have a major award like the Nobel Prize because the Nobel Prize was created through the will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who was not “particularly interested in mathematics or theoretical science”. A meeting is held every four years to decide the new recipients of the medal. The first two recipients of the medal, as stated above, were the Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors and the American mathematician Jesse Douglas.

SCIENCE EVENT

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik –October 4th, 1957

History was changed with the launch of Sputnik. It was the world’s first artificial satellite and was about the size of a beach ball, yet it weighed over 183 pounds. As a consequence of the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, a “space race” was started between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The American public was surprised at the launch of Sputnik, particularly that the Soviet Union launched a satellite first. On January 31, 1958, the United States responded with the launch of Explorer I. The Explorer I satellite carried scientific data that eventually led to the discovery of the magnet radiation belts around the earth. The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union also led the U.S. to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

FRENCH EVENT

World War I: Germany and France declare wa...

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HISTORICAL EVENT

Titanic Sank - April 15, 1912

A year after ginger was born, the Titanic sunk. Ginger was so young at the time, she most likely had no memory of this event. The Titanic was such a sad story and it makes it is so much worse as it could have been prevented. The crew did not fill all the life boats to the maximum occupancy, as a consequence, many lives were lost. The ship that was known as the “unsinkable ship” did sink on its first voyage. Molly Brown, on the other hand, a passenger that survived the sinking of the Titanic, became known as the unsinkable Molly Brown. The name was given to her because she helped to fill life boats and she still managed to survive herself. Later in Ginger’s career, she had a part in the musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”.