On August 22nd the International Congress of Mathematicians awarded Dr Perelman its highest honour, the Fields medal, for his solution which, having stood for three years, is now taken as correct.Poincaré's conjecture is important not for its practical applications, but because a vast quantity of mathematical work assumes that it is true.
He was allowed to join the Labour party in 1981, having stood for Westminster three times on a communist ticket and having retained his Communist party of Great Britain membership until 1978, but he was a critic of the Blair government's courting of private health interests.
Having stood for hundreds of years, the UK's ancient trees are nature's equivalent of listed buildings, but many species could be under threat.
Meet Steve, the ancient tree hunter Jump to media player Having stood for hundreds of years, the UK's ancient trees are nature's equivalent of listed buildings, but many species could be under threat.
Needless to say, precious few did (footsore as we were, having stood for about three hours straight now), and then, and as the house lights did not come on, we were informed that we had just taken part in the Project Natal Experience.
Now 59, Maddocks Britishh record mark of 3 hrs 51 mins and 57 secs for the 50km still stands to this day, nearly 26 years after it was set, while his 20km record was only broken three months ago, having stood for 28 years.
