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17-Year-Old Wins Intel's $100K Science Prize

Posted by samzenpus on from the boy-genius dept.

autospa writes "A California teenager who cracked a complex mathematical equation has been awarded the Intel Science Talent Search's $100,000 first-place prize. Evan O'Dorney, 17, won the prize for 'his mathematical project in which he compared two ways to estimate the square root of an integer. [He] discovered precisely when the faster way would work,' Intel announced Wednesday."

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  1. Re:Haters gonna hate by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The hate is directed at the entry at a fundamental level. He deserves a pat on the back, but "teenager wins competition for teenagers" doesn't exactly merit a ./ nod.

    Why not? He accomplished something in the field of mathematics.

    If that isn't "news for nerds", then I don't know what is -- it's far more interesting than hearing that Taco visited Lucasfilm but can't tell us anything about it other than a showing picture of him in front of a Yoda statue.

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    Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  2. Re:Breaking Stereotypes by mug+funky · · Score: 4, Insightful

    please, no URL shorteners. this isn't twitter, and i don't know if you're hiding a goatse behind that.