To follow up on Warren's comment about the Field's medal, Arno Penzias -- himself a Nobel laureate for having discovered the background radiation consistent with the Big Bang theory -- was fond of saying: "The Nobel prize has ruined many an otherwise promising career in physics". ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren D Smith" <warren.wds@gmail.com> To: <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 1:38 PM Subject: [math-fun] Greatest 3 mathematicians of the 20th century?

Well, since Plouffe started down that road, you know you all want to submit your votes too. Here, these ones seem pretty good to me:

Albert Einstein John von Neumann Pal Erdos

Not a fields medalist among them, though -- that's evidently the kiss of death :)

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