17-Year-Old Wins Intel's $100K Science Prize 271
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."
Haters gonna hate (Score:4, Insightful)
There is a whole lot of hate in the above comments. Especially within a website that values science, math, and technology, why should he be shunned? We need more people who are willing to make the necessary sacrifices (e.g. social, monetary, etc) to devote all of their energy toward progressing humanity forward.
Good for him. Keep it up. Go invent something even better. And next time, bring some people along with you so even more people can see the value in science and the scientific process. It's a shame that society doesn't value these walks of life when they govern everything we do in the modern world.
So where is the Paper? (Score:3, Insightful)
When i try to read more than the abstract, they want some kind of login.
Please next time spare us the teasing and ignore news without content.
Re:Haters gonna hate (Score:5, Insightful)
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.
Re:Breaking Stereotypes (Score:5, Insightful)
please, no URL shorteners. this isn't twitter, and i don't know if you're hiding a goatse behind that.