Quanta magazine (which I had not previously heard of) did fairly good profiles on each of the winners, which include both biographical and mathematical aspects

Quanta magazine (which I had not previously heard of) did fairly good profiles on each of the winners, which include both biographical and mathematical aspects (to the extent possible for an intellectual but non-specialist audience). Here's the one for Mirzakhani: http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140812-a-tenacious-explorer-of-abstract-surfaces/ http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140812-a-tenacious-... Was on the front page yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8172574 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8172574