John Pardon sees connections between different areas of math that others don’t. For that vision, he’s now been awarded a Fields Medal. The article <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/john-pardon-wins-the-2026-fields-medal-for-work-in-symplectic-geometry-20260723/">The Quietest Mathematician Has Always Been Worth Listening To</a> first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

Fields Medalist John Pardon is not particularly prolific. But every proof he’s published has been surprising, spectacular, and groundbreaking.

John Pardon sees connections between different areas of math that others don’t. For that vision, he’s now been awarded a Fields Medal.

The article <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/john-pardon-wins-the-2026-fields-medal-for-work-in-symplectic-geometry-20260723/">The Quietest Mathematician Has Always Been Worth Listening To</a> first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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