Meet our distinguished alumnus and Fields Medal recipient Sir Vaughan Jones
Channel: University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau
Date: 2016-07-07

The Fields Medal is often described as the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics". Sir Vaughan Jones received the Fields Medal for his work on Von Neumann algebras which led to fundamental discoveries in knot theory. What does it take to make a significant contribution to a principal discipline that has been a part of the human search for understanding for more than two thousand years. Find out how this kiwi kid became a world leading mathematician in this conversation between Sir Vaughan Jones and Dr Tanya Evans.