Today, Peter Scholze, Caucher Birkar, Alessio Figalli, and Akshay Venkates won the Fields Medal- the highest honor a mathematician can receive . To celebrate their victory, we compiled a list of important facts about the award: 1. The Fields Medal is awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under the age of 40. The Fields Medal 2. It has been awarded every four years since 1950 at the International Congress of Mathematicians. 3. The award “ recognizes outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.” 4. An individual cannot win a Fields Medal more than once. 5. Many describe the Fields Medal as the mathematician's " Nobel Prize . " 6. There is a monetary award of about $15,000 Canadian dollars. 7. The award is named after Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. John Charles Fields 8. Finnish mathematician Lars Ahlfors and Ameri...