WORLD’S TOP-RANKING MATHEMATICIAN IS AFRICAN

Do you know where the world’s top mathematician comes from? Well, he’s a 38-year-old Cameroonian, Abdon Atangana. Inspired by the lack of references to African people in scientific literature or mathematics, he challenged the field’s Eurocentrism with his mathematical theorems.

Now at the top of his field, his formulas are essential in their real-life application in science, technology and engineering.

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