MacArthur Winner--Does He Have the Answer for Tribune/Times Dilemma?
Today in the California section of the LA Times (aren’t all the sections about California, when you get down to it?), Larry Gordon finally interviews Terence Tao, the illusive math professor. Tao’s just won a MacArthur.
Last month, when Tao won the Fields Prize, the Times ran a piece where Tao was conspicuous by his absence–Gordon hadn’t talked to him. FBLA mocked this, of course.
But, the UCLA prof has been cornered and forced to answer an “only in LA” question:
Q: Will all this celebrity interfere with your life?
A: I still have my work to do.
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