A 22-year-old MIT professor whose work fuses art, science, work and play is the recipient of a $500K MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the genius grant. Assistant Professor Erik Demaine of electrical engineering and computer science – who last month was called one of the most brilliant scientists in America by Popular Science magazine – is one of the youngest people ever selected for the fellowship and the youngest of the 24 named this year.
interesting combination of approaches. there is so much to explore here.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 