Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Number crunchers (22 Aug 2002) The mathematician John Nash (played by Russell Crowe in the movie A Beautiful Mind) did not win one; the fictitious Harvard mathematician who tutored the misfit maths genius played by Matt Damon in the film Good Will Hunting did. The Fields Medal is the highest accolade a mathematician can be awarded. Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/learn07.htm Read 76 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Serendipity : Lenses and Bugs     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy