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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - DECEMBER 04: Physicist Ingrid Daubechies attends the 5th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at NASA Ames Research Center on December 4, 2016 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - DECEMBER 04: Physicist Ingrid Daubechies attends the 5th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at NASA Ames Research Center on December 4, 2016 in Mountain View, California.  (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)