Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani death - A loss to us all

The death of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has robbed the world of one of the greatest minds of the last 100 years. 

She was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal, the Nobel Prize of mathematics.

Mirzakhani’s death, indeed her life, is a reminder of the contribution made by female mathematicians and scientists, from Hypatia in ancient Alexandria to Mary Somerville and Ada Lovelace in the Victorian era.