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1. www.britannica.com › biography › William-Paul-ThurstonWilliam Paul Thurston | Geometer, Topologist, Fields Medalist ...

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   Aug 17, 2024 · William Paul Thurston was an American mathematician who won the 1982 Fields Medal for his work in topology. Thurston was educated at New College, Sarasota, Florida (B.A., 1967), and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1972).

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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 and was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds. Thurston was a professor of mathematics at Princeton University, University of California, Davis, and ...

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   Aug 21, 2012 · William Paul Thurston. Quick Info Born 30 October 1946 Washington, D.C., USA Died 21 August 2012 Rochester, New York, USA Summary Bill Thurston was an American ...

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6. www.nytimes.com › 2012/08/23 › usWilliam P. Thurston, Theoretical Mathematician, Dies at 65

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   Aug 23, 2012 · William Paul Thurston was born on Oct. 30, 1946, in Washington, to Paul and Margaret Thurston. His father was a Naval engineer. William showed aptitude in math early on, amazing preschool teachers ...

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   Aug 22, 2012 · Bill Thurston, 1946-2012. Posted on August 22, 2012 by woit. Bill Thurston passed away yesterday, at the age of 65, after a battle with melanoma. Thurston was for many years the dominant figure in the study of 3 dimensional topology and geometry, winning a Fields medal for this work in 1982. His “Geometrization Conjecture” classifying the ...

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8. www.encyclopedia.com › william-paul-thurstonWilliam Paul Thurston - Encyclopedia.com

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   William Paul Thurston. 1946-. American mathematician who received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of California at Berkeley. After completing his Ph.D. he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University. In 1982 he was a recipient of the Fields Medal for his work that revolutionized the study of topology in 2 ...

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   Who is William Paul Thurston?

   • William Paul Thurston (born October 30, 1946, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died August 21, 2012, Rochester, New York) was an American mathematician who won the 1982 Fields Medal for his work in topology. Thurston was educated at New College, Sarasota, Florida (B.A., 1967), and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1972).

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   Where did Bill Thurston go to college?

   • Bill Thurston studied at New College, Sarasota, Florida. He received his B.S. from there in 1967 and moved to the University of California at Berkeley to undertake research under Morris Hirsch's and Stephen Smale 's supervision. He was awarded his doctorate in 1972 for a thesis entitled Foliations of 3- manifolds which are circle bundles.

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   Who attended the mathematical legacy of Bill Thurston?

   • The Mathematical Legacy of Bill Thurston,16 was held at Cornell. It was attended by his mother, brothers, and sister, Rachel and Julian, his children, and other family members, along with about three hundred mathematicians, including many students and recent PhDs. It was a true celebration of the tremendous future he left us. 65 (1995), 11–18.

   William P. Thurston, 1946–2012 - American Mathematical Society

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   Why was Thurston criticized?

   • Thurston was sometimes criticized for not writing up full proofs of his results, making it difficult for others entering the field (and sometimes students were advised not to enter the field since Thurston was so good the danger was he would just solve all open problems).

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   What did Bill Thurston do at the end of a lecture?

   • He, Bill Thurston, went shyly to the blackboard and drew two configurations of about seven points each and started applying to these the method at the end of the lecture. Little paths started emerging and getting in the way of other emerging paths, which, to avoid collision, had to get longer and longer.

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   Did Bill Thurston have strabismus?

   • Thurston. Bill Thurston, 1952, Wheaton, MD. Bill had a congenital case of strabismus and could not focus on an object with both eyes, eliminating his depth perception. He had to work hard to reconstruct a three-dimensional image from two two-dimensional ones.

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10. www.ams.org › journals › noticesWilliam P. Thurston, 1946–2012 - American Mathematical Society

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    for Thurston contains reminiscences by some of his many colleagues and friends. What follows is the first part of the obituary; the second part will appear in the January 2016 issue of the Notices. W illiam Paul Thurston, known univer-sally as Bill, was an extraordinary mathematician whose work and ideas revolutionized many fields of