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March 2, 2006
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Phenomenal mathematics
Horng-Tzer Yau is a professor of mathematics in Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, an appointment he has had since last July. Using math, Yau examines, among other heady conundrums, 'many-body' and nonlinear problems in nature, including fluid and quantum mechanics, and has used statistical mechanics to interpret descriptive models of physical phenomena on a scale ranging from microscopic to astronomical. (Staff photo Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office)
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Yau travels down the road less taken
Professor uses math to pursue interest in natural phenomena
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