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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."

2 of 271 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Breaking Stereotypes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    (insert obligatory XKCD here)

    http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/

  2. Re:A more reliable source perhaps? by royallthefourth · · Score: 0, Troll

    Perhaps he could have a rewarding career in engineering, advancing the future by inventing new ways to kill third worlders