Breakthrough Prizes in science, math earn winners $3 million each

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Breakthrough Prizes in science, math earn winners $3 million each

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/breakthrough-prizes-science-math-earn-winners-3-million-064627060.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/p_8bAcOAUrWBGt2SRHeB1w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-11-10T065556Z_1006970002_LYNXNPEAA907N_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-BREAKTHROUGHPRIZE-SCIENCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actress Kate Beckinsale arrives on the red carpet during the Breakthrough Prize Award in Mountain View, California" align="left" title="Actress Kate Beckinsale arrives on the red carpet during the Breakthrough Prize Award in Mountain View, California" border="0" /></a>By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Academia doesn't usually bring rich financial rewards. But that changed Sunday for recipients of a record 12 Breakthrough Prizes, the award created two years ago by Russian billionaire venture capitalist Yuri Milner, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other tech industry luminaries. Each prize is worth $3 million, almost three times the cash a Nobel Prize winner receives. This year is the first to honor mathematicians. Five won for work ranging from algebraic geometry to analytic number theory. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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