http://bitcoinmedia.com/disintermediation-in-science
Как часто бывает последнее время, физически не могу откопать детали весьма обсуждаемого события ни в новостях, ни в блогах. Зато позже, когда шумиха спадает, абсолютно случайно да через третьи руки...
ArXiv.org is a site where anyone can post research manuscipts for free. It is a fantastic read and there is some thoroughly enjoyable and notable papers on there.
In November 2002, Grigori Perelman solved the Poincare conjecture, a long standing mathematical problem that was one of seven Millenium Prize Problems with a reward of $1 million. It was first posed in 1904 and had been unsolved for more than a century. Perelman simply uploaded this momentous proof to ArXiv. Some mathematicians whined about how they felt slighted that he had not gone through conventional established channels. Pathetic. Perelman declined the prize money and rejected honors and medals from prestigious organisations thereafter. The Satoshi of mathematics, he rejected public recognition stating “I don’t want to be on display like an animal in a zoo.” and has since withdrawn from mathematics.
“I can’t say I’m outraged. Other people do worse. Of course, there are many mathematicians who are more or less honest. But almost all of them are conformists. They are more or less honest, but they tolerate those who are not honest.”
~ Grigori Perelman