http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/27/mathematician-who-moonlighted-as-a-night-watchman-solved-37-year-old-math-problem/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/27/mathematician-who-moonlighted-as-a-night-watchman-solved-37-year-old-math-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-491175 roger Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:22:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/27/mathematician-who-moonlighted-as-a-night-watchman-solved-37-year-old-math-problem/#comment-491175 It is nothing like Good Will Hunting. He was an accomplished, professional mathematician with a full career behind him who as the result of his immigration and cultural adjustment had to take a temporary security guard job. I keep seeing this story all over the Internet, titled with some variation of "lowly night watchman proves to be a math genius". Thats not the remarkable part of this story. It is nothing like Good Will Hunting. He was an accomplished, professional mathematician with a full career behind him who as the result of his immigration and cultural adjustment had to take a temporary security guard job. I keep seeing this story all over the Internet, titled with some variation of “lowly night watchman proves to be a math genius”. Thats not the remarkable part of this story.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/27/mathematician-who-moonlighted-as-a-night-watchman-solved-37-year-old-math-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-491134 Rhea Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:27:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/27/mathematician-who-moonlighted-as-a-night-watchman-solved-37-year-old-math-problem/#comment-491134 This story is right out of "Good Will Hunting." In that film, the MIT janitor was the brainiac. This story is right out of “Good Will Hunting.” In that film, the MIT janitor was the brainiac.

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