The New Yorker also published an excellent piece on Perelman and the solving of the Poincaré back in 2006: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/08/28/manifold

The New Yorker also published an excellent piece on Perelman and the solving of the Poincaré back in 2006: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/08/28/manifold-destiny http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/08/28/manifold-destin... It's interesting to see the political implications behind breakthroughs like this.