40, of Princeton effectively changed the game of three-dimensional topology in the mid-I 970s. The legacy of Papakyriakopoulos had been spent, and Thurston replaced it with what's now known as the geometric representation of manifolds. Thurston, who got tenure at Princeton at 27, is an iconoclast even

hings in your head, there's somewhere to go in our society so that you're happy." Blessed with a vision that Freedman finds "almost incredible,"Bill Thurston, 40, of Princeton effectively changed the game of three-dimensional topology in the mid-I 970s. The legacy of Papakyriakopoulos had been spent, and

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niece, Alveda King, has expressed gratitude to President Trump for the release. Additional reporting on the story was provided by The Times (07/22, Thurston), Axios (07/22, Contreras), Austin American-Statesman (07/22, Malenfant), CBS News (07/22, Walsh), BBC (07/22, Drenon), and NBC News (07/22, Luce).