Jose Medrano and Rebeca Zapata shuddered at what their daughter, Miranda Zapata, brought home one recent day: fifth grade math homework. “Since it’s something I haven’t practiced recently, I feel like ...

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He avoided fame, lived in isolation, and ignored modern math — but still changed it forever. His life reads like fiction, but ...

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