
US President Barack Obama awards the National Medal of Science to Dr. Michael Artin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his leadership in modern algebraic geometry, including three major bodies of work: étale cohomology; algebraic approximation of formal solutions of equations; and non-commutative algebraic geometry at the White House in Wahington, DC, on May 19, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas KammNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images


